Governor signs bill to create treatment beds for addicts, women
AUGUSTA — Governor Paul R. LePage signed LD 1447, which adds 200 beds to provide treatment for offenders addicted to drugs.
The bill is, "An Act To Authorize the Maine Governmental Facilities Authority To Issue Securities To Pay for the Capital Repairs and Improvements to the Maine Correctional Center in South Windham and a Facility Owned by the Department of Corrections in Washington County."
In addition to the treatment beds, the bill creates for the first time forensic mental health beds for female offenders and the first medical beds specifically for female offenders. It also creates for the first time a geriatric wing to care for older offenders. These are all first-of-their-kind beds.
The beds will be created in a newly expanded and renovated statewide correctional facility in Windham.
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