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Maine Correctional Center
The Maine Correctional Center is a medium/minimum security prison in South Windham, Maine. It is operated by the Maine Department of Corrections The Maine Department of Corrections is a state agency of Maine that is responsible for the direction and general administrative supervision, guidance and planning of both adult and juvenile correctional facilities and programs within the state. T ... and has an inmate capacity of 662, making it the second largest prison in the state. All residents sentenced to less than five years are directly admitted to this facility. The facility was established via a legislative act in April 1919 and was originally known as the Reformatory for Men. In 1976, a woman's prison closed and the inmates were moved to the facility. In September 2022, construction was completed on a new MCC facility. References External links Official site 1919 establishments in Maine Buildings and structures in Windham, Maine Prisons in Maine {{Maine-struct-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Windham, Maine
South Windham is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Windham in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population of the CDP was 1,374 at the 2010 census. Prior to 2010, South Windham was part of the Little Falls-South Windham census-designated place. It is part of the Portland– South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography South Windham is located at , along the Presumpscot River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 5.31%, is water. The CDP of Little Falls is located directly across the Presumpscot River, in the town of Gorham. U.S. Route 202 and Maine State Route 4 run north-south in a concurrency through both communities. Demographics History The Presumpscot River was an early transportation corridor to interior Maine; and provided reliable water power at Little Falls. Major William Knight was operating a sawmill at the falls in 1756. As the local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maine Department Of Corrections
The Maine Department of Corrections is a state agency of Maine that is responsible for the direction and general administrative supervision, guidance and planning of both adult and juvenile correctional facilities and programs within the state. The agency has its headquarters in Augusta. As of January 2016, the Maine DOC had 2,223 inmates in its custody. History In early 1823 the legislature authorized the construction of the first state prison. The facility was built in Thomaston atop the site of a limestone quarry. Adult institutions * Bolduc Correctional Facility (inmate capacity 222) * Mountain View Correctional Facility (inmate capacity 375) * Maine Correctional Center (inmate capacity 662) * Southern Maine Reentry Center (inmate capacity 64 Women) * Maine State Prison (inmate capacity 916) * Downeast Correctional Facility. Closed but under construction to house fifty residents for work release. * Transitional Living Program about to be open for clients under probati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 Establishments In Maine
Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the coast of the Hebrides; 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris, are killed. * January 2– 22 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army's Caspian-Caucasian Front begins the Northern Caucasus Operation against the White Army, but fails to make progress. * January 3 – The Faisal–Weizmann Agreement is signed by Emir Faisal (representing the Arab Kingdom of Hejaz) and Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, for Arab–Jewish cooperation in the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. * January 5 – In Germany: ** Spartacist uprising in Berlin: The Marxist Spartacus League, with the newly formed Communist Party of Germany and the Independent Social Democratic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
