Parole Bill LD 178 heads to Maine Senate

AUGUSTA – On Monday, March 15, members of the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety voted on the most recent version of LD 178, An Act to Support Reentry and Reintegration into the Community. In a politically strong 5-5-1 split, the bill now heads to the senate floor. Senator Anne Beebe-Center, D-Rockland, sponsored this legislation which would restore parole as an option for reformed individuals to serve out the rest of their prison sentences in home confinement, under Maine DOC supervision. This would be the first opportunity incarcerated individuals would become eligible for such a program since 1976, whenRead More