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The Division of Juvenile Services within the Maine Department
of Corrections is responsible for providing institutional and
community correctional services in accordance with court requirements.
The mission of the Division of Juvenile Services is "to
promote public safety by ensuring that juvenile offenders are
provided with education, treatment, and other services that teach
skills and competencies; strengthen pro social behaviors and require
accountability to victims and communities".
The Maine Department of Corrections operates two facilities for
juveniles. The Mountain View Youth Development Center, formerly
the Northern Maine Juvenile Detention Facility, is the primary
facility for the detention of juvenile offenders accused of committing
juvenile offenses pending court action or committed to "shock
sentences" of no more than 30 days. The facility has a maximum
capacity of 40 male and female juveniles.
The Long Creek Youth Development Center, formerly the Maine Youth
Center, is the only facility in the state for committed youth.
In Maine, the proportion of minorities in the juvenile population
is 3%, but the proportion of minority juveniles within public
juvenile detention centers and public detention centers is 5%.
A one day count of youth in state funded residential settings
in 1998: 238
The 1998 annual count in state funded residential facilities:
873, or less than 1% of the total Maine youth population aged
12-18.
The monthly average number of youth committed to a facility in
1998 was 196 while 1,998 juve-niles were under supervision in
the community.
Approximately 2,265 (1.36%) of Maine's children are under community
supervision of the Division of Juvenile Services each month.
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