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PublishedOctober 13, 2022
Trial starts for former jail guard who crashed into family’s car, killing 9-year-old
Kenneth Morang, 64, was charged with manslaughter in the death of Raelynn Bell in 2019.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2022
Arrest diversions at Cumberland County Jail are costly, but only option
The corrective action plan, released in response to a Freedom of Access Act request, comes as the jail remains partially closed to new arrests, and shows extraordinary lengths the county is taking to hire more corrections staff.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2022
Staff shortage at Cumberland County Jail leads feds to remove prisoners
Moving federal inmates out of the Portland jail is temporary, the sheriff said, but the staffing crisis that caused the move shows no sign of abating.
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PublishedAugust 15, 2022
Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office identifies man found dead at jail
James Mannion, 30, had been in jail since December. He was arrested on a drug possession charge after he fell asleep behind the wheel at a gas pump.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2022
Authorities identify inmate who died at Cumberland County Jail
Kevin Whitford, 65, of Sanford, had been held at the jail as a federal prisoner since January.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2022
Portland police investigating death of Cumberland County Jail inmate
The man, in his mid-60s, was found unresponsive in his cell Wednesday morning.
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PublishedJune 19, 2022
Before his death at a local jail, Billy Tucker had big dreams
Family members want to know more about his death by suicide at the Cumberland County Jail, where they think he might have been experiencing the symptoms of withdrawal from opiates.
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PublishedJune 5, 2022
Inmate, 32, found dead in Cumberland County Jail
He was discovered unresponsive in a cell on Saturday, and his death is under investigation by Portland police.
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PublishedFebruary 3, 2022
COVID outbreak persists at Cumberland County Jail, with more than 50 cases and 1 inmate hospitalized
Forty-nine inmates had active infections as of Thursday, while four corrections officers were isolating at home after testing positive and three others were symptomatic and out of work.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2021
Cumberland County Jail reports 15 active cases of COVID-19
The numbers are improving at the jail, which began dealing with a new wave of infections early last month.
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