The Cumberland County Jail is located in
Portland, Maine, and is the largest jail in the state. The jail, a division of the
Cumberland County Sheriff's Office
Cumberland County is a county in the U.S. state of Maine. As of the 2020 census, the population was 303,069, making it the most populous county in Maine. Its county seat is Portland. Cumberland County was founded in 1760 from a portion of ...
, is a part of
Cumberland County government and is wholly operated by the elected Sheriff. In 2002 it became the first jail in the state of Maine to receive national accreditation from the
American Correctional Association, at the time putting it among only 4% of adult correctional facilities in the US to have been so accredited. It has the capacity to accommodate 600 inmates, and employs over 200 staff (including 130 Corrections Officers). Most inmates are serving short sentences or awaiting trial.
References
External links
Cumberland County Jail / Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.
Jails in Maine
Government buildings in Portland, Maine
1994 establishments in Maine
Buildings and structures completed in 1994
Jail
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...
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