The Maine Department of Corrections (MDOC), Division of Juvenile Services is committed to reducing the use of institutional secure confinement by increasing the capacity and use of community-based programming and supports. In the last five years, the Division of Juvenile Services has significantly reduced the use of secure confinement by strategically investing in community-based programming for justice involved youth.
MDOC Division of Juvenile Services is committed to improved quality assurances; improved access to valid and reliable data; and use of information to make data-driven decisions as it pertains to contracted community programming. MDOC is currently partnered with Atlantic Cooperation, University of Southern Maine Muskie School of Public Service & The Maine Statistical Analysis Center to support MDOC in this commitment.
