This letter is to encourage support for L.D. 756, An Act Regarding Criminal Services for Juveniles, and shut the doors of Long Creek Youth Development Center for the last time. There is evidence to show that incarceration of youth is harmful, does not promote protection and is costly to the communities of Maine. Youth should […]
Representative Grayson Lookner is the sponsor of LD1897. On Friday, Feb. 18, he proposed an amendment to that bill to establish a close date for Long Creek.
A new report from the Center for Children's Law and Policy listed several factors behind recent disturbances at the Long Creek Youth Development Center.