Department of Correction

The Maine Department of Corrections (MDOC) plans to ease restrictions on prisoner visitation beginning in July.The Department says that after consultation…

Maine's Department of Corrections says it's received the results of 221 COVID-19 tests on prisoners and staff at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham,…

County jails in Maine have seen a 38 percent decline in their prison populations over the past several weeks, and the Maine State Prison system has had an…

Police, prosecutors and judges in Maine are taking steps to avoid sending non-violent offenders to jail. The spread of the coronavirus has prompted Maine…

Some Maine jails have begun releasing certain prisoners as a way to cope with the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.…

The Maine Department of Corrections is suspending all visits to its facilities. That includes visits from family, friends and volunteers. In a written…

A national consultant hired by the state's Juvenile Justice Advisory Group to examine Maine's juvenile justice system and incarceration of youth at the…

Later this month, a Caribou man who has been diagnosed with an opioid use disorder will report to the Maine State Prison to serve a nine-month…

A state-funded halfway house for young men leaving the juvenile detention facility in South Portland is scheduled to open in March.The Portland residence…

Restorative justice is gaining more and more followers and making the news across the country. We discuss this system of criminal justice that focuses on…