The bill appoints an independent ombudsman to oversee residents who are in segregation. It also spells out that anyone who is pregnant, who has a disability or who is less than 21 or who is 65 or older cannot be placed in segregation. And for other residents the duration of segregation would be limited to three days in succession and no more than nine days in a two-month period.
SOUTH PORTLAND In response to incidents of violence at the Long Creek Youth Development center, a group of legislators from the Criminal Justice and Public Safety (CJPS) Committee toured the facility Wednesday, Oct. 20. During the tour,.
Sponsor Pulls Plug on Aquaculture Building Code Exemption
by Ethan Andrews Tuesday, June 1, 2021 1:42 PM A bill that would have exempted land-based aquaculture from the state’s building and energy code has been voted down in committee at the request of the sponsor. To what extent companies planning such facilities will have to comply with the code remains unclear.
LD 1473, an emergency governor’s bill sponsored by Sen. Kimberley Rosen, R-Hancock County, was written by the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development at the request of Whole Oceans, the company that is developing a land-based salmon farm on the former paper mill site in Bucksport. According to DECD, Whole Oceans asked for the exemption because the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code (MUBEC) would have required it to install sprinkler and air handling systems it felt were not necessary for land-based aquaculture buildings. DECD spokeswoman Kate Foye previously told The F