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The York County Sheriff's Office got multiple calls on Saturday afternoon about a man accosting and fighting with patrons at ...
A 64-year-old man is in the York County Jail after police say he chased and threatened people with a hockey stick and his ...
Maine has one of the highest rates of opioid use disorder in the nation. But a program at a rural Maine jail initiated by an addiction medicine specialist, Alane O’Connor, is offering hope and ...
At the Somerset County jail in rural Maine, prisoners addicted to opioids used to receive a daily pill to keep cravings in check. But as soon as they were released, their access to the medicine ended.
Doreen Staples of York County Maine Government’s Human Resources Department chats with York County Jail corrections cadet Mauricio Romeu at a send-off for 15 new recruits before they began their ...
Sep. 8—An insurance pool for Maine counties spent nearly $800,000 responding to and settling a lawsuit that accused York County Jail officers of unconstitutionally restraining and using a Taser ...
A total of 30 detainees and seven staff members at York County Jail in Alfred, Maine, have tested positive for COVID-19 in recent weeks, Jail Administrator Maj. Nathan C. Thayer said Tuesday, Dec ...
Terah Ames, of Maine Behavioral Health Care, adds snacks to the Harm Reduction Bags that volunteers put together on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, for individuals who leave the York County Jail ...
York County Prison will no longer house immigration detainees as of Aug. 12 after negotiations with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement were unsuccessful, according to an internal memo that ...
One guest who attended the Aug. 7 wedding returned to work thereafter at the York County Jail. The staffer began experiencing symptoms Aug. 14, including a cough, muscle ache, runny nose, sore ...
The outbreak occurred at York County Jail in Alfred and was connected to a larger outbreak centered on a northern Maine wedding and reception. An employee of the jail attended the wedding, the ...