Juvenile Institutions
The Division of Juvenile Services operates juvenile reformatories. The headquarters of the division is in the Elkins Building in Augusta.
- Long Creek Youth Development Center (South Portland) - The Arthur R. Gould School (ARGS) is the educational program for the inmates.
- Mountain View Youth Development Center (Charleston) - The facility serves 14 counties in central, east, and northern Maine. The counties are Androscoggin, Aroostook, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Sagadahoc, Somerset, Waldo, and Washington.
Read more about this topic: Maine Department Of Corrections
Famous quotes containing the words juvenile and/or institutions:
“I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a thousand miles in search of themes for moralizing.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
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