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230 River Road Phone: (207) 893-7132 Population Capacity: 100 Custody Levels:
Number of Staff: 21 (10 security) |
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About
The Southern Maine Re-entry Center (SMRC) is designed to give women the skills and experience they need to successfully live as positive citizens and employees after they transition from state correctional facilities into their home communities.
An emphasis is placed on reducing their risks of re-offending and on increasing their positive outcomes.
Positive outcomes include attributes such as
- being employed in high growth/high demand careers,
- reunifying with their families,
- using effective parenting skills,
- having stable post release housing,
- remaining drug and alcohol free,
- having prosocial friends and activities,
- being active citizens, and
- being able to make healthy choices for their lives.
The program uses gender-responsive principles as the foundation of all its programming and operations.
The Center houses up to 64 women and is located in Cumberland County.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the SMRC, a woman
- must have served at least 120 days of her sentence and
- have approximately one year left to serve.
- She will have already demonstrated her commitment to a positive, crime-free life during her time at the Women’s Center in Windham.
- She will be classified as minimum or community security level.
- Many will be eligible to apply for Supervised Community Confinement.