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Maine affiliate of the ACLU. Defending civil liberties in the Pine Tree State since 1968. Follows/RTs ≠ endorsement.

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    1. Matt Byrne‏ @MattByrnePPH 14 Mar 2018

      The suit also highlights counter-intuitive LC policy. When LC inmates act out or are in crisis, mental health workers are NOT dispatched to help. Why? LC policy believes it would reinforce the bad behavior.

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    2. Matt Byrne‏ @MattByrnePPH 14 Mar 2018

      Yet among LC staff, mental health workers--social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists -- are trained *specifically* to help people in crisis. Literally their job.

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    3. Matt Byrne‏ @MattByrnePPH 14 Mar 2018

      The boy's teeth were knocked out during a period of punishment when he was isolated to his cell. His behavior worsened, and instead of de-escalating, ACLU claims, guards slammed his face into metal bed frame.

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    4. Matt Byrne‏ @MattByrnePPH 14 Mar 2018

      This is latest development in difficult period for Long Creek. 2016: Transgender boy commits suicide there while on suicide watch. Mother of boy claims his mental health needs were not met. http://bit.ly/2FCBvGM 

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    5. Matt Byrne‏ @MattByrnePPH 14 Mar 2018

      following the death, LC's top leader, a long-time adult corrections professional, resigned.http://bit.ly/2FCEM9e 

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    6. Matt Byrne‏ @MattByrnePPH 14 Mar 2018

      Suicide of Charles Maisie Knowles wasn't only noteworthy incident. Earlier in March 2017, LC inmates escaped from camping trip, stole car, flipped it after police chase.http://bit.ly/2pb00Ay 

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    7. Matt Byrne‏ @MattByrnePPH 14 Mar 2018

      Independent review by national group found LC workers, while hard-working and committed, are not equipped to deal with frequency and acuity of serious mental health problems among population there.http://bit.ly/2paxtLv 

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    8. Matt Byrne‏ @MattByrnePPH 14 Mar 2018

      The new superintendent, who does *not* come from corrections background but a therapeutic background, pledged to improve system. H/T @PPHEricRussellhttp://bit.ly/2pdxU7K 

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    9. Matt Byrne‏ @MattByrnePPH 14 Mar 2018

      Maine corrections chief, Joseph Fitzpatrick, has and said he will continue to work to reduce juvenile incarceration population statewide. To that end, he closed the state's 2nd youth jail, and #s of kids incarcerated keeps going down.

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    10. Matt Byrne‏ @MattByrnePPH 14 Mar 2018

      Outside groups and Fitzpatrick say the right path forward is community-based treatment, not large institutional model. But where will $$, resources come from? Q's that still don't have clear A's. http://bit.ly/2DimQLM 

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      ACLU of Maine‏Verified account @ACLUMaine 14 Mar 2018
      Replying to @MattByrnePPH @PPHEricRussell

      Maine would save millions by closing this prison - money that can and should be reinvested in community-based programs.

      9:29 AM - 14 Mar 2018
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