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Surprise Shutdown of Maine Prison Leads to Controversy, Court Order

Loaded on Nov. 6, 2018 by Christopher Zoukis published in Prison Legal News November, 2018, page 57
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Cost of Prison Systems, Rural Prisons, News. Location: Maine.

by Christopher Zoukis

In a sudden move that local residents called a “Gestapo tactic,” Maine Governor Paul LePage ordered the closure of a small prison in rural Washington County. The Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF), with a capacity for up to 148 prisoners, was shuttered at 4:30 a.m. on February 9, ...

 

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