AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) A national policy group recommends Maine invest more in community-based services in an effort to reduce the number of incarcerated minors.
The Portland Press Herald reports the Center for Children’s Law and Policy hired by the Maine Department of Corrections found in a survey that more than half of detained youth were held because the state lacked the proper programs and services.
The preliminary findings of the study detailed that just under half of detained youth had not committed crimes against another person.
The center is expected to submit its final report in February.
