The design of the new $27.8 million Cumberland County Jail on Ogdensburg Street

Authors

Source

Maine Sunday Telegram

Date

8-21-1994

Pages

1B, 12B

Abstract

The design of the new $27.8 million Cumberland County Jail on Ogdensburg Street in Portland is aimed at reducing tensions by using a modern method of prison management called direct supervision. Under the concept, a single corrections officer stays in a large open space, called a pod, and the officer and up to 48 inmates interact face-to-face. The belief is that officers who become acquainted with the inmates they supervise can control them through communication rather than force. Details.

Subjects

Cumberland County Jail -- Portland, Prisons

Recommended Citation

"The design of the new $27.8 million Cumberland County Jail on Ogdensburg Street" (1994). Maine News Index – Portland Press Herald. 14628.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_pph/14628