CHARLESTON, Maine — Three youths being held at Mountain View Youth Development Facility were taken to a local hospital Tuesday after they became ill.
After being checked by hospital staff, they were returned to the state-run correctional facility, Maine Department of Corrections spokeswoman Judy Plummer said Wednesday night.
The three were seen by the on duty nurse, who sent them by ambulance to a nearby hospital “to make sure they received the care they needed,” Plummer said. Information about the nature of the trio’s illnesses was not immediately available but Plummer did say that the three were taken back to the facility within a matter of hours.
Located on the grounds of the Charleston Correctional Facility, Mountain View houses up to 133 detained male and female juveniles from 11 to 21 years of age as well as committed males in the same age group, according to the facility’s website.
They were sick alright.
Sick of being locked up.
Yeah of course people are going to get “Sick” eating these low state budget jail food “Meals”. It costs more money to hold these “Kids” that obviously need counseling and more supportive families then to have them locked up away everybody that loves and cares about them.
Don’t know, sounds like a case of homemade hootch to me that was bad.
wow,blame everybody but the criminal,way to go
LOW BUDGET JAIL FOOD, give me a break, i suppose you think it should be steak and potatoes, hello, they are in there for punishment not to be pampered, pea soup and bread sounds good, and if they let them out, then let them come live with you and then they can steal YOU blind
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how do you know, its never the criminals fault is it, its the parents or the police were picking on them or somebody or something else was doing them bad. how about this possibility, they were just BAD and got caught.
How does advocating better conditions in our states penal system equate to taking in criminals, in your mind?
Sleep a bit more. Wake up. Get back to me never.
Future pillar of the communities…
I’ve had a bunch of foster children from corrections, and I’m willing to bet you would be very suprised at how similar they are to the children you know. Unlike adult criminals these children are not committed to a life style choice. Personally I don’t believe that Maine needs to be locking up as many children as they do, BUT remember juvenile corrections also provides “jobs” so the program is probably untouchable.
I suspect that I have put more of them in jail than you have raised or warehoused.
Some make it most will never amount to anything.
If you put them in jail, you are the one warehousing. By taking them in, Tux is providing stability and the opportunity to grow. There is no debating the data, our entire penal system is a huge failure.
So let me see if I’ve got this. One of these punks breaks into your house. Violates your space, maybe your wife, and steals all he can carry. The Sheriff shows up, investigates and makes an arrest at
some point. Now do you want me to drop him off at your house or Tux’s house or follow the law
do my job & take him to jail? In any case, somehow this is my fault. Yessah…..BRILLIANT!
If you think the laws, the constitution, and our “entire penal system” is a failure you are either
uneducated, very young, or a criminal. Take a look at the justice system in Saudi Arabia, China,
Viet Nam………..then get back to me
If you are actually part of the corrections system you know that The USA has incarcarated over 1% of its population for many years now. You also (undoubtedly know) that a large majority of these folks are in jail for non-violent offenses. As to the justice system in Saudi Arabia China, North Korea, Vietnam, or any of the Africian Nations, we incarcerate more of our citizens than ANY of them. That is not a precentage, that is numbers. China has 1 and 1/2 billion people living within its borders, and it has fewer people in its jails than we do.
The large majority of juvenile offenders that have lived with me are out and about today being good citizens. Many have families of their own, and I like to go visiting them and watch them use the same words to correct their children as I used on them years ago.
I understand why a person involved in law enforcement would be cynical. Please be aware that most of the children placed with me have made a good life for themselves. That saves the State and its taxpayers money.
Actually you are the uneducated one, I didn’t say anything about the Constitution or laws, the penal system refers to our system of jails and prisons. It is a failure, and because I am educated I know the data supports what I said. When prisons have drug counseling, education, and programs to help prisoners rejoin society (i.e aid in finding apartments, job prep, etc.) recidivism rates drop dramatically. Since it is obvious you care little for people, perhaps you care about your wallet. When recidivism rates drop, prisons cost the tax payers less money. The Sheriff’s know it too, cause they, like me, are more educated than you. Look up Sheriff Liberty, and take a look at the great work he is doing.
Too bad one of you guys flagged my post with 60 plus likes. I don’t get it. You disagree so you
censor or stifle the opposong view. Brilliant.
Don’t look at me, I never flag, everyone has the right to voice their opinion, even if it ruffles feathers. Still doesn’t change the fact I took you to school.
“something” has failed, there are more people in US jails, than there is in China!!!!
Chinese seem to lose there prisoners cause many of them are never heard from again–also it takes about 1 week to perform a death sentence over there-not 20+ years like it does here ! Both prob great deterrents against being a criminal–Asian laws and punishments are swift and cheap-sometimes costing no more than a bullet or a length of rope .
Trashtocash said it best……………Those places I mentioned have much better
deterrents so which would you prefer? I don’t care but I think we have a pretty
good system although it is too lenient for the most part.
Rocky4: Most will never amount to anything because society teaches parents that they don’t have to parent their children. If you are a police officer, you are not high on my list as someone who backs up the parents who DO parent their children. Personal experience tells my children that they don’t have to respect me because even the police will not help me when I ask for that assistance. What would you suggest would to change the fact that “most will never make it?” Don’t you think just accepting that view is going to prolong that effect and not help make life better for anyone?
“Mountain View houses up to 133 detained male and female juveniles from 11 to 21 years of age as well as committed males in the same age group, according to the facility’s website.””
IIs the editor asleep? Or just doesn’t care?
I think what they mean is that some are “Pre-trial” detainees and some have been
“committed” after sentencing.
I think, what they mean is; some are .. you don”t need to use the word that!!! English language is not to difficult, once learned. Some one failed these young people, be it teachers, parents or society in general. Name calling is inappropriate….They are people not pukes!!
“English language is not to difficult, once learned.”
Oh, man, that’s good. Kettle, it’s Pot on Line 1…
OK…correct my grammar. I think it might have something to do with the word to, not sure if it should have been too…thanks Pa!!! lol.
hahahahaha…………Learn about to, too, & two. Call me later. ;=)
I know, right? There should totally be a comma after “age”.
aww poor wittle tykes.
and as for TUX KATZ, how much money did you receive from the TAX PAYERS to house these angels, i know you wont say, but that is quite a racket too.
I’ve known Barry Stoodley for years…to say I agree with his philosophy is a huge stretch! He believes that you cant treat juveniles as real criminals. That’s why JCCO’s (Juvenile Community Corrections Officers) don’t carry firearms and don’t have the authority to arrest juveniles.
Police Officers have the authority to arrest the juvenile but the decision to take the kid to Detention is made by the JCCO covering that area. The problem is that Stoodley has always instructed his JCCO’s to release the juvenile to a responsible adult with conditions unless it is absolutely necessary. Ask any police officer, the conditions have no teeth. It’s more of a scare tactic that carries no weight!
Check the recidivism rates on juvenile offenders that re offend when they are adults. DOC either never looked at those numbers or just decided not to share them because of how they came out.
Rehabilitation may be possible for a select few that are committing misdemeanors or low level felonies but for those kids committing felony after felony…let them feel what it really feels like to be a hardened criminal!!
Might be the food, might be the Pine Sol they were trying to huff and get high on. Ever get the idea that something is seriously out-of-whack when it’s necessary to build prisons for kids?