Long Creek Youth Development Center Archives - Bangor Daily News

Janet Mills must close Maine’s last youth prison

by Contributed September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

Long Creek and our destructive reliance on incarceration are slowly breaking these young people down and stripping them of the ability to grow and learn.

Inmates, staff at Maine youth prison will be tested after girl gets coronavirus

by Christopher Burns and Caitlin Andrews June 29, 2020June 29, 2020

Maine needs a plan to release all youth from detention

by Contributed May 30, 2020June 16, 2020

This bill would bar Maine from detaining some children

by Caitlin Andrews March 5, 2020March 5, 2020

Protesters vow to keep up pressure to close Maine’s only youth prison

by Maine Public February 26, 2020February 26, 2020

Most youth are jailed in Maine simply because ‘they could not go home,’ new report says

by Callie Ferguson February 26, 2020February 26, 2020

National consultant recommends gradually moving youth out of Long Creek

by Maine Public January 30, 2020

Maine high court dismisses suit arguing teen was wrongly jailed now that he’s getting treatment

by Judy HarrisonJanuary 21, 2020January 21, 2020

Mother who said guards knocked out son’s teeth at Maine’s youth prison settles lawsuit

by Judy HarrisonDecember 9, 2019December 9, 2019

Maine Supreme Court hears appeal of teen held at Long Creek for 7 months

by Maine Public October 7, 2019

Maine will provide records on Long Creek suicide attempts to advocacy group

by Lauren Abbate April 30, 2019May 1, 2019

Plan to move female inmates to Long Creek could put Maine on path to closing its last youth prison

by Alex Acquisto and Callie Ferguson February 28, 2019February 28, 2019

LePage’s plan to put kids in a new kind of psychiatric institution

by Matthew Stone June 8, 2018June 8, 2018