County Jails

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%.

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Maine’s county jails are asking the Legislature for additional funding to combat skyrocketing prisoner populations and the added costs of housing inmates…

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) _ An expansion aimed at relieving overcrowding in the Kennebec County jail is moving forward. Kennebec County Commissioners have…

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine's county jail system will undergo yet another change in its state funding system. The new funding plan, approved by the Legislature…