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Expected floorplan of new Penobscot County Jail (Penobscot County Sheriff's Office) BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - As the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office works toward building a new jail, some local groups have come out against it. For over a decade, the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office has been looking at layouts and locations for a new jail to replace the one that last saw renovations in 1988. Read the full article on WABI5 .

Recently, an organization we are working with, No Penobscot County Jail Expansion , held a press conference making their case for the establishment of diversion programs as an alternative to the construction of a new county jail. BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - While Penobscot County works on plans to relocate the jail from Bangor to Hampden, a local group has formed to offer an alternative. Hoping to keep folks out of jail rather than expand the number of beds, local activists have created the...