Commentary: Time to pass L.D. 1668 and close Long Creek It would be a better use of public dollars to invest them in a continuum of community-based care to replace incarceration for Maine’s young people. By Grayson Lookner and Abdulkadir AliSpecial to the Press Herald Share Almost a year ago, thousands of Mainers took to the streets to demand state and local leaders shift resources from prisons and policing into our communities. One of the demands included closing Long Creek Youth Development Center, the last youth prison in Maine. Since then, Maine has continued to pour millions of dollars into a failed prison and policing system that harms our most marginalized community members.