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County commissioners raise Sheriff Eric Samson's salary from $80,000 to $95,000, making him one of the top five highest-paid sheriffs in Maine.

The sponsors of a new law that ends cash bail requirements for most minor charges say people who are not a danger to the public shouldn't be stuck in county jails just because they're too poor to pay bail.

Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal While Maine courtrooms are starting to look more “pre-pandemic” this month, nearby jails remain locked in pandemic mode. On June 30, Gov. Janet Mills rescinded her statewide emergency order for COVID-19 protocols. State courts followed suit. On July 1, Maine Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Valerie Stanfill revised the standing judicial order to allow anyone who is fully vaccinated to enter Maine courthouses and courtrooms without a mask and the need to socially distance. Although the new rule says that anyone who is not fully vaccinated must continue to we...

Read Article AUBURN — Cited as a facility that often exceeds state standards, the Androscoggin County Jail received a perfect score from the Maine Department of Corrections biennium inspection report. The exterior of the Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal file photo Both mandatory standards and essential standards received perfect scores of 100. In a letter accompanying the report, Ryan Anderson, manager of correctional operations and one of two people who inspected the facility, congratulated Sheriff Eric Samson on a “very successful inspection.” Anderso...

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