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Legal experts took issue this week with a proposal to create a new felony in Maine when someone records a serious crime occurring but fails to report it to the police immediately.
The bill, under consideration by the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, arose after a constituent complained to state Sen. Matt Pouliot, R-Augusta, about people recording shootings, accidents and other incidents for social media audiences rather than phoning 911.
State Sen. Matthew Pouliot
A backer of the proposal, Caleb Merendino, told the committee that “our youth and my generation seem more interested in the number of hits and views they can get on social media” rather than caring for others by reporting a crime in progress.
Maine prisons will expand treatment for opioid use disorder
The state prisons will provide access to medication-assisted treatment for all inmates who need it, something advocates have long pushed the state to do.
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The Maine Department of Corrections will soon offer medication to treat opioid use disorder to everyone in state prisons who needs it.
Advocates have long pressed Maine officials to provide this option in jails and prisons, and the announcement represents an evolution in department policy from just two years ago, when the same medications were banned in correctional facilities.
Under a pilot program, the department currently provides the treatment to roughly 200 people, only those who are about to be released to the community. This expansion will make an estimated 400 people newly eligible for what is considered the gold standard in treatment.
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Question of the Day By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press - Wednesday, February 3, 2021
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A proposal to require some future legislation to include a racial impact statement is the first step in recognizing that “many of our laws have produced disproportionate outcomes” for racial minorities, the bill’s sponsor said Wednesday.
Assistant Majority Leader Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, is sponsoring the bill that creates a path for lawmakers to join counterparts in seven other states that already consider the racial impacts of legislation.
The goal is to provide “impartial, objective and nonpartisan information to inform” the legislative process, said Talbot Ross, who’s the state’s first Black lawmaker to serve in legislative leadership.