Downeast Correctional Facility

The Mills Administration says it plans to build a new pre-release center on the grounds of a former minimum-security prison in Washington County under an…

Gov. Paul LePage is making good on a promise to veto any spending bills passed by this special session of the legislature. On Monday LePage vetoed more…

A Superior Court judge has declined to weigh in on how a Washington County prison should be operated, after Gov. Paul LePage emptied the facility in…

Time is running out for the Downeast Correctional Facility: It will close for good June 30, unless lawmakers authorize additional funding for another…

Attorneys for unionized workers at the closed Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) in Machiasport are asking a judge to clarify her recent order requiring…

Gov. Paul LePage says he’s “readjusting” operations at the Downeast Correctional Facility in Machiasport now that a judge has ruled that his…

A lawyer for laid-off workers is demanding that Republican Gov. Paul LePage reopen the Downeast Correctional Facility in Machiasport immediately, but no…

Supporters of the Downeast Correctional Facility in Machiasport are wondering what happens next now that a superior court judge has issued a temporary…

The LePage administration is endorsing legislation to build a new pre-release center in Washington County. However, lawmakers are concerned that the new…

The future of the Downeast Correctional Facility in Machiasport is now at the center of a political showdown at the State House.The closure of the minimum…