Title 34-A

1. Duties. Prison employees have the following duties. A. Prison officers shall perform the services in the managing, superintending and guarding of the prison as prescribed by the rules or as directed by the warden. [PL 1983, c. 459, §6 (NEW).] B. If a prisoner at the prison res…

1. Employment. When practicable, the warden shall employ persons having suitable knowledge and skill in the fields of labor and manufacture carried on in the prison to supervise activities in those fields assigned to them by the warden. 2. Services. Persons employed under subsect…

1. Appointment. The warden shall appoint suitable persons as chaplains. Notwithstanding Title 5, section 902, subsection 3, any part-time chaplain position at the Maine State Prison may be a job-sharing position. 2. Duties. The prison chaplains shall, in accordance with the rules…

When a person is convicted and sentenced to the department and is to be transported to the prison from any county: [PL 1999, c. 583, §21 (AMD).] 1. Duties of commissioner. The commissioner shall immediately notify the warden and the sheriff of the county in which the sentencing c…

Prisoners in the prison shall work at tasks normal to the maintenance, service, industrial, agricultural and other activities of the prison.

The Maine Correctional Center in South Windham is established for the confinement and rehabilitation of persons, male and female, lawfully in the custody of the department, as provided by law. [PL 1995, c. 502, Pt. F, §24 (RPR).] 1. Men. 2. Women. 3. Adult pretrial detainees. 4. …

1. Chief administrative officer. The chief administrative officer of the Maine Correctional Center is called the warden. 2. Duties. In addition to other duties set out in this Title, the warden shall supervise and control the prisoners, pretrial detainees, employees, grounds, bui…

1. Conditions of confinement. Conditions of confinement of prisoners are governed as follows. A. The warden shall detain and confine all persons committed to the department in accordance with the sentences of the courts and with the rules of the department. [PL 2013, c. 508, §2 (…

If any woman is, at the time of her commitment to the center, pregnant with a child which will be born after her commitment, the custody of the child, at the instance of the commissioner, shall be determined in accordance with Title 22, chapter 1071.

1. Powers. Employees of the center: A. Have the same power as sheriffs in their respective counties to search for and apprehend escapees from the center when authorized to do so by the warden; and [PL 2013, c. 508, §3 (AMD).] B. May carry weapons and other security equipment when…

The following lands of the former Women's Correctional Center at Skowhegan are granted to the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands as follows: [PL 2015, c. 329, Pt. A, §19 (AMD).] 1. Land grant to Bureau of Parks and Lands. All of the op…

When a person is convicted and sentenced to the department and is to be transported to the center from any county: [PL 1983, c. 581, §§43, 59 (NEW).] 1. Duties of commissioner. The commissioner shall immediately notify the warden and the sheriff of the county in which the sentenc…

The State shall maintain the Long Creek Youth Development Center, referred to in this subchapter as the "facility," located at South Portland. [PL 1999, c. 583, §29 (AMD); PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. G, §6 (AMD).] 1. Coeducational. The facility must be coeducational. 2. Separate housing…

1. Statement. The purposes of the Long Creek Youth Development Center are: A. To detain juveniles pending a court proceeding; [PL 2003, c. 410, §13 (AMD).] B. To administer court-ordered diagnostic evaluations pursuant to Title 15, section 3309‑A, and court-ordered examinations p…

The chief administrative officer of the Long Creek Youth Development Center is called the superintendent.

The superintendent may appoint 2 assistant superintendents, subject to the Civil Service Law. [PL 1985, c. 785, Pt. B, §158 (AMD).] 1. Assistant superintendent. An assistant superintendent designated by the superintendent has the powers, duties, obligations and liabilities of the…

1. Eligibility. 1-A. Eligibility. Beginning October 1, 2021, only a juvenile, as defined in Title 15, section 3003, subsection 14, who is 12 years of age or older at the time of commitment may be committed to the facility pursuant to this subchapter and Title 15, Part 6. 2. Limit…

The commissioner may contract with the Attorney General of the United States for the confinement and support in the Long Creek Youth Development Center of juvenile offenders against the laws of the United States in accordance with the United States Code, Title 18, Sections 706 an…

1. Suspension. When the custody of a child at the time of commitment is in the Department of Health and Human Services, that custody shall be temporarily suspended while the child is in the Long Creek Youth Development Center. 2. Reversion. Upon discharge or placement on communit…

1. Generally. When the behavior of a juvenile residing at the Long Creek Youth Development Center presents a high likelihood of imminent harm to that juvenile or to others, presents a substantial and imminent threat of destruction of property or demonstrates a proclivity to be ab…

1. Juvenile client. The commissioner has all the power over a juvenile client that a guardian has over a ward and that a parent has over a child with regard to person, allowable property that the juvenile client has at the Long Creek Youth Development Center, earnings that the ju…

1. Commissioner's powers. During a juvenile client's commitment to the facility, the commissioner may, at the commissioner's discretion: A. Keep the juvenile client at the facility; or [PL 1999, c. 583, §33 (AMD).] B. Place the juvenile client on community reintegration status fo…

When a juvenile client who has been placed on community reintegration status, who has been granted a furlough or work or education release or who has been absent from the facility without leave is taken into custody for the purpose of return to the facility by an officer or emplo…

1. Duty. The superintendent shall cause a juvenile client to be discharged from the facility: A. When the client becomes 21 years of age or otherwise reaches the end of the period of the Juvenile Court's commitment. [PL 1995, c. 502, Pt. F, §29 (AMD).] B. [PL 1995, c. 502, Pt. F,…

The Long Creek Youth Development Center employees have the same power as sheriffs in their respective counties to search for and apprehend escapees from the facility, when authorized to do so by the superintendent.

All court-ordered and court-related transportation of juvenile detainees to and from the Long Creek Youth Development Center is the responsibility of the sheriff of the county in which the court is located.

1. Purpose. The Arthur R. Gould School, located at the Long Creek Youth Development Center, is devoted to the education and instruction of persons residing at the facility. 2. Responsibility for maintaining school. The State, through the Department of Corrections, has the respons…

There is established the Downeast Correctional Facility located in Washington County for the confinement and rehabilitation of persons who have been duly sentenced and committed to the Department of Corrections.

The purposes of the Downeast Correctional Facility include vocational and rehabilitative programs, including work release, and work, which may involve public restitution.

1. Chief administrative officer. The chief administrative officer of the Downeast Correctional Facility is the warden of the Mountain View Correctional Facility, referred to in this subchapter as "the warden," and is responsible to the commissioner. 2. Duties. In addition to othe…

1. Confinement. All prisoners at the Downeast Correctional Facility shall be detained and confined in accordance with the sentences of the court and the rules of the department. 2. Education. The warden shall maintain suitable courses for academic and career and technical educati…

Employees of the Downeast Correctional Facility have the same power as sheriffs in their respective counties to search for and apprehend escapees from the facility, when authorized to do so by the warden.

There is established the Mountain View Correctional Facility located in Penobscot County.

The purposes of the Mountain View Correctional Facility with respect to prisoners include vocational and academic education and rehabilitative programs, including work release and work involving public restitution.

1. Chief administrative officer. The chief administrative officer of the Mountain View Correctional Facility is called the warden and is responsible to the commissioner. 2. Duties. In addition to other duties set out in this Title, the warden has the following duties. A. The ward…

Employees of the Mountain View Correctional Facility have the same power as sheriffs in their respective counties to search for and apprehend escapees from the facility, when authorized to do so by the warden.

1. Evaluation. Before assignment to the Mountain View Correctional Facility, prisoners must be evaluated for security status, program needs and emotional stability by the classification process approved by the commissioner. 2. Transferred prisoners. All prisoners transferred to t…

There is established the Bolduc Correctional Facility, referred to in this subchapter as "the facility," located in Warren in Knox County for the confinement and rehabilitation of persons who have been duly convicted and sentenced to the Department of Corrections.

The purposes of the facility include, but are not limited to, vocational and academic education and rehabilitative programs, including work release and work involving public restitution.

1. Chief administrative officer. The chief administrative officer of the facility is the warden of the Maine State Prison, referred to in this subchapter as "the warden." The warden is responsible to the commissioner. 2. Duties. In addition to other duties set out in this Title, …

1. Confinement of prisoners transferred to facility. All prisoners transferred to the facility must be detained and confined in accordance with the sentences of the court and the rules of the department. 2. Education. The warden shall maintain suitable courses for academic and ca…

Employees of the facility have the same power as do deputy sheriffs in their respective counties to search for and apprehend escapees from the facility when authorized to do so by the warden.