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Published
November 16, 2018

Letter to the editor: Fixing Maine’s youth justice system long overdue, but there’s new hope

The new governor and other elected leaders should develop and fund community-based alternatives to incarceration for the state's young people.
Published
August 29, 2018

Maine Voices: State relies too heavily on incarceration for dealing with young offenders

Approaches that focus on mentoring while keeping juveniles safely at home have a far better track record.
Published
August 20, 2018

Our View: Maine needs options for juvenile offenders

Having Long Creek as the only choice is a waste of taxpayers' dollars and counterproductive.
Published
May 17, 2018

State denies Long Creek lawsuit’s claim that guards beat boy, broke his teeth

A lawsuit alleges that after being beaten and losing teeth, the 11-year-old boy received 'indifferent' medical care and was not taken to a dentist for 6 days.
Published
May 6, 2018

Another View: Newspaper’s call to close Long Creek fails to offer viable alternatives for at-risk Maine youth

A great deal of treatment takes place there, and hundreds, if not thousands, of young people have been helped.

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Published
April 26, 2018

Our View: Complaints about Long Creek point to bigger problem

A system of community-based treatment programs, not a prison environment, would help troubled Maine young people develop the skills they'll need to re-enter society.
Published
April 24, 2018

Lawsuit challenges state’s jailing of youths at Long Creek detention center

Maine's highest court gets a case that questions a basic premise of law and the validity of a teenager's 18-month commitment, but the state says it ran out of options for rehabilitation.
Published
March 16, 2018

Our View: Corrections system failing Maine children

Claims that excessive force was used against an 11-year-old are just the latest issue at the Long Creek Youth Development Center.
Published
March 14, 2018

Lawsuit says 11-year-old boy held at Long Creek was injured by staff, deprived of medical care

Allegations that the staff failed to give the boy his medication and broke his teeth in a scuffle add to scrutiny of the juvenile detention center.
Published
February 8, 2018

Transitional home for young offenders planned for Portland

The state-funded home for as many as six young men would be the only one in the state.