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The Maine State Prison houses adult male prisoners classified
as high risk, protective custody, close, medium, and minimum
custody, with minimum custody prisoners held awaiting transition
to minimum security facilities.
As part of the move to the new facility, the Maine State
Prison and the Department of Corrections went under the Unit
Management Concept of managing prisoners. Unit
Management divides the prisoner population up into smaller
units managed by multi-disciplinary Unit Teams.
Maine State Prison consists of:
Special Management Unit: housing High Risk Management prisoners,
prisoners assigned to the Mental Health Stabilization Unit,
and prisoners on Administrative Segregation or Disciplinary
Status. Prisoners are housed in single cells in 3 separate
pods.
Close Unit: prisoners classified as close custody, prisoners classified as protective custody, and prisoners on reception status. Prisoners
are housed in single cells in 6 pods.
Medium Unit: prisoners classified as medium custody and prisoners
classified as minimum awaiting transfer to a minimum facility. Prisoners
are housed in double cells (6 pods) with the exception of one pod of single
cells.
Maine State Prison is fully handicapped accessible and has cells in each
pod for physically handicapped prisoners, allowing for full integration
into the prison population.
