October 15, 2021 Dear Governor Janet Mills,  We are writing with extreme urgency regarding the wellbeing and safety of the youth inside Long Creek Youth Development Center. The September report detailing the dangerous conditions inside Long Creek was alarming and heartbreaking. The report, published by Disability Rights Maine and sent to the Commissioner of the […]

Join Maine Youth Justice and Maine Inside Out youth organizers and artists on March 10 at 5:30pm for a webinar on the campaign to end youth incarceration in Maine. We will be sharing art and ways that you can join us in changing a broken system into a healing community. Sign up here to register […]

Maine – Today, Youth First Initiative and Maine Youth Justice released a new poll showing a vast majority of Mainers favor investing in community-based alternatives to youth incarceration. The poll found 59% support closing existing and abstaining from building new youth prisons for a more individualized approach to youth justice, focused on each child’s circumstances […]

Role Description: Communications Coordinator for Maine Youth Justice, a youth-led campaign organizing to close Long Creek and end youth incarceration in Maine. This position will be responsible for supporting MYJ’s internal and external communications efforts. They will collaborate with the MYJ Communications Team, communications consultants, and staff leadership.  Responsibilities: Responsible for coordinating MYJ’s communications strategy with […]

Maine Youth Justice is calling on Governor Janet Mills, Maine Department of Corrections Commissioner Randy Liberty and Colin O’Neill to #FreeOurYouth and #CloseLongCreek.  Here’s how it works! Make 3 phone calls to the following 3 officials with power to release people from Maine’s jails & prisons: Governor Janet Mills – Has the power to take […]

The Maine Youth Justice Campaign (MYJ) at Maine Initiatives is working to close Long Creek, Maine Youth’s Prison, and use the money spent to sustain that facility to create safer and stronger communities by investing in a continuum of community-based alternatives to incarceration for youth where all of Maine’s young people can thrive. The Campaign […]