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According to online booking logs, the jail has held around 70 people for Border Patrol so far this year.
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The problems are especially dire at the York County Jail, which is understaffed by 65%. Knox County reports that staffing is down 60%, and Cumberland County down 47%.
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The proposed legislation would prohibit recording, monitoring, disseminating or divulging communication between incarcerated clients and their attorneys, and it establishes civil penalties for those who break the law.
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By a large margin, lawmakers voted to override Governor Paul LePage’s veto of a bill to fund Maine’s county jails.The measure is aimed at helping the…
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Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed six more bills, including two measures that rewrite the state’s marijuana laws.LePage lists nearly a dozen objections to a…
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AUGUSTA, Maine - Both chambers of the Maine Legislature have overturned the veto of a bill that earmarks $2.4 million in emergency funding for jails.The…
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A new proposal to provide emergency funding for several of Maine’s beleaguered county jails is winning bipartisan support in Augusta.The nearly $2.5…
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AUGUSTA, Maine - An effort by a few Republicans to torpedo emergency funding for the state's county jails failed today after the Maine House opted to…
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Maine’s county jails are asking the Legislature for additional funding to combat skyrocketing prisoner populations and the added costs of housing inmates…
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) _ An expansion aimed at relieving overcrowding in the Kennebec County jail is moving forward. Kennebec County Commissioners have…