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| From lockup to new life: Westbrook center aims to help juvenile offenders |
| By pressherald.com- Megan Doyle |
| Published: 11/02/2016 |
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A nonprofit hopes to turn a Westbrook office building into housing and a cafe where juvenile offenders could live and work while they transition out of the state’s detention facility. The Transformation Project is buying the former Ethos Marketing & Design office at 907 Main St. in Westbrook. Executive Director Ken Hawley said his faith-based group offers mentoring and life skills training to juveniles and adults in 12 correctional facilities around the state, including Cumberland County Jail in Portland and the Maine State Prison in Warren. Now, he wants to offer support outside the walls of those facilities to young adults who have been released from Long Creek Youth Development Center. “Many kids who come out of Long Creek just go back where they came from, and consequently, many times they end up back in lockup,” Hawley said. “What we’re trying to do is give kids the chance to integrate back into the community with our arms wrapped around them.” Read More. |
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