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 probation supervision who receive assistance in housing and job searches.
Juvenile institutions
The Division of Juvenile Services operates juvenile reformatories. The headquarters of the division is in the Elkins Building in
Augusta.
*Long Creek Youth Development Center (
South Portland) - The Arthur R. Gould School (ARGS) is the educational program for the inmates.
**It has both male and female inmates. It began receiving female inmates after the Stevens School closed in 1976. It was established by the
Maine Legislature
The Maine Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. It is a bicameral body composed of the lower house Maine House of Representatives and the upper house Maine Senate. The Legislature convenes at the State House in Augus ...
in 1853 as the Boys Training Center.
Long Creek Youth Development Center
" Maine Department of Corrections. Retrieved on December 16, 2015.
Mountain View was closed to juveniles and all juveniles moved to Long Creek. It is now an adult facility.
See also
* List of law enforcement agencies in Maine
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Maine.
According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 ''Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies,'' the state had 146 law enforcement agencies employing 2,569 sworn po ...
* List of United States state correction agencies
This is a list of corrections agencies in the states of the United States.
State adult prison agencies
* Alabama Department of Corrections
* Alaska Department of Corrections
* Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry
* Ark ...
* List of U.S. state prisons
This is a list of U.S. state prisons (2010) (not including federal prisons or county jails in the United States or prisons in U.S. territories):
* Alabama
* Alaska
* Arizona
* Arkansas
* California
* Colorado
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* Flor ...
* Prison
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, corre ...
References
External links
Maine Department of Corrections
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State law enforcement agencies of Maine
State corrections departments of the United States
Lists of United States state prisons
Prisons in Maine
Juvenile detention centers in the United States