Found 25 matches.
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An Initiative to Develop a Sustainable Restorative Juvenile Justice System: Appendices
Tags: Maine | Restorative Justice | Reports
These are the Appendices to the Final Report to Maine's Juvenile Justice Advisory Group on how to develop a sustainable statewide restorative justice system.
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Know the Facts: Juvenile Records in Maine
Tags: Maine | Confidentiality | Member Publications
Following up on the March 2017 release of Unsealed Fate: The Unintended Consequences of Inadequate Safeguarding of Juvenile Records in Maine, which found widespread misinformation about what it means to have a juvenile record in Maine, this new resource answers some of the most frequently asked questions. The Maine Center for Juvenile Policy and Law worked with members of the Juvenile Justice Reform Work Group, the Department of Corrections, the Juvenile Justice Program of the USM Muskie School of Public Service, and other key stakeholders to develop the resource.
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White Paper : Youth Justice in Maine : Imagine a New Future Summit
Tags: Maine | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | General System Reform | Institutional Conditions | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Reports
Maine's juvenile justice system should shift away from reliance on large facilities like Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland towards a continuum of care utilizing community-based in-home services and evidence-based out-of-home services for youth, according to a new white paper from the Justice Policy Program at the University of Southern Maine's Muskie School of Public Service and the Maine Center for Juvenile Policy and Law at the University of Maine School of Law.
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Conference Proceedings: Youth Justice in Maine
Tags: Maine | General System Reform | Presentations
The Youth Justice in Maine: Imagine a New Future summit was a convening of national and local experts, juvenile justice practitioners and youth voices committed to improving youth justice in Maine. The day-long gathering on November 17, 2017, featured: speakers with first-hand experience reforming youth justice and building a continuum of care, interactive presentations by members of Maine Inside Out and Portland Outright, a data walk, and table talk discussions to facilitate the exchange of ideas and community dialogue.
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Unsealed Fate: The Unintended Consequences of Inadequate Safeguarding of Juvenile Records in Maine
Tags: Maine | Aftercare/Reentry | Collateral Consequences | Crime Data and Statistics | Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Status Offenses | Evidence-Based Practices | Research | Partner Publications
Research into the impact of juvenile records show authors conducted focus groups, interviews and surveys of youth and adults with juvenile records, family members, juvenile justice practitioners, and key stakeholders and found that individuals with juvenile records face barriers in applying for jobs and professional licenses, enrolling in the military, accessing housing and securing other financial supports.
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Maine Judiciary Bans Indiscriminate Shackling of Juveniles in Court
Tags: Maine | Shackling | Administrative/Regulatory Policies
Maine's judiciary adopted a judicial rule to ban the indiscriminate shackling of juveniles in court.
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Law Court proposes change to restraint of juveniles in court
Tags: Maine | Institutional Conditions | Shackling | Media
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court seeks comments from the legal community and the public on a proposed rule change that would limit the shackling of juvenile defendants in criminal cases.
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Momentum builds to stop the automatic shackling of juveniles in court
Tags: Maine | Institutional Conditions | Shackling | Media
In some juvenile court systems around the country, young people regularly appear at hearings in handcuffs, leg irons, or both. But 21 states (five this year alone) have reformed such shackling practices through statute, court action, or policy.
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Maine Voices: Limit shackling of juveniles in court
Tags: Maine | Institutional Conditions | Shackling | Media
The time is past due for Maine to have a clear and publicly accessible policy for limiting the use of shackling juveniles in court.
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Why Do We Still Shackle Kids?
Tags: Maine | Institutional Conditions | Shackling | Reports
The Crime Report discusses the history of child shackling, the dangerous effect that shackling has on youth, recent efforts of reform throughout the country, and the need to end routine youth shackling.
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Disproportionate Contact: The Color of Maine's Juvenile Justice System
Tags: Maine | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | Reports | Research
This research documents the rate of disproportionate minority contact for youth involved in Maines juvenile justice system, differences in pathways to detention for youth of color, and the experiences of youth and families of color who have had contact with Maines juvenile justice system.
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Handcuffs, shackles on juveniles rob kids of their self-esteem
Tags: Maine | Institutional Conditions | Shackling | Media
Teen testifies about how she saw herself as she assumed others saw her while she wore irons, a criminal, not a kid who had made a mistake.
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Maine Bills Would Restrict Shackling of Pregnant Women, Juveniles
Tags: Maine | Girls | Institutional Conditions | Shackling | Media
The Maine legislature considered two bills that would restrict the use of shackling of juveniles and pregnant women in custody.
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Protections proposed for pregnant inmates and juvenile defendants
Tags: Maine | Girls | Institutional Conditions | Shackling | Media
Maine lawmakers on the criminal justice committee heard two bills that deal with shackling inmates. The first prohibits restraints on youth in court in most cases.The second prohibits shackling pregnant inmates.
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Maine Crime & Justice Data Book
Tags: Maine | Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
The 2014 Maine Crime and Justice Data Book presents a portrait of crime and justice indicators in the state, using the most recent public safety, corrections, and court data available for Maine.
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Girls in the Maine Criminal Justice System Bulletin
Tags: Maine | Crime Data and Statistics | Girls | Reports
The purpose of this brief is to understand the experiences of girls who become involved in Maines juvenile justice system. The data used for this report include four cohorts of girls who have had contact with the system between 2006 and 2011.
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Maine Juvenile Recidivism Report
Tags: Maine | Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
This report summarizes the data for four groups of youth involved with the Department of Juvenile Services between the years of 2006 and 2011.
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Older Youth Charged as Adults May Be Held in Juvenile Facilities, Rather than Adult Prisons
Tags: Maine | Youth in the Adult System | Legislation
Maine passed legislation to allow youth convicted as adults who are between the ages of 18 and 26 to be held in juvenile facilities, rather than adult prisons. Such youth must be separated by sight and sound from the rest of the population at the juvenile facilities. The law was passed in order to serve older youth in a more rehabilitative way. The change also facilitated the closure of an adult facility and more efficient use of one of the state’s two juvenile facilities. S.P. 133/Act No. 28, signed into law and effective April 9, 2013.
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Youth with Deferred Dispositions May Be Given Conditional Release
Tags: Maine | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Confidentiality | Legislation
Maine law now allows conditional release under the supervision of a community corrections officer as an option for youth with deferred dispositions. The law was enacted in an effort to help youth who are charged in the delinquency system keep their records clean/sealed. H.P. 1206/Act No. 480, signed into law and effective March 1, 2012.
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Maine Juvenile Justice Data Book
Tags: Maine | Crime Data and Statistics | Reports
The 2012 Maine Juvenile Justice Data Book presents a portrait of youth involvement with the Maine juvenile justice system.
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Maine Juvenile Courts Gain Option of Deferred Disposition, S.P. 402
Tags: Maine | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Legislation
Juvenile courts in Maine may now impose a deferred disposition in juvenile cases where a youth admits to committing a delinquent act.
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Maine Provides for Evaluation of Juvenile Competency, H.P. 1039
Tags: Maine | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Legislation
Recognizing the urgent need for a means to assess juvenile competency, a new Maine law provides for an evaluation of competency in juvenile cases and allows for suspension of proceedings in order to conduct a competency evaluation. The law requires the State Forensic Examiner to address the youth's capacity and ability to understand the allegations and proceedings and to effectively engage with counsel.
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Maine Standards for Qualifications of Assigned Counsel
Tags: Maine | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Legislation
The Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services established these standards requiring minimum training, experience, and other qualifications for assigned counsel to be eligible to accept appointments to represent indigent people, including youth in juvenile court.
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The Maine Juvenile Justice Task Force: An Integrated Approach to Transforming Maine's Juvenile Justice System
Tags: Maine | Crime Data and Statistics | General System Reform | Reports
The Task Force Report presents the services and treatment provided to juveniles currently in Maine, the national trends and model programs that signify improvement in those areas, and suggestions for Maine to ameliorate its own situation in locally-controlled and cost-effective ways.
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Maine to Ensure Provision of Qualified Counsel and Adequate Funding for Indigent Legal Services, S.P.423/L.D. 1132
Tags: Maine | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Legislation
The Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services is an independent and permanent statutory commission that must work to ensure the delivery of indigent legal services by qualified and competent counsel in a manner that is fair and consistent throughout the state, and to ensure adequate funding of a statewide system of indigent legal services free from conflicts of interest and undue political interference. The commission must also develop the statistics necessary to evaluate the quality and the cost-effectiveness of services provided.