Cumberland County officials took a step toward outfitting the county prison and sheriff’s office with body cameras after ...

Emanuel Ludovic Mbuangi Landila's ties to the community were wrongly characterized by the Department of Homeland Security, ...

The agency already owes the jail more than $1 million for having housed detainees over the past several months. The county ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sign outside the Cumberland County Jail in Portland. Jan. 23, 2026. (Photo by Jim Neuger/ Maine Morning Star) The federal ...

The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office is actively searching for Eugene Wieble, a 54-year-old inmate who walked away from his work release program earlier today, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026.

Melissa Trayer, 53, was found unresponsive in her cell at the facility on Jan. 2, county officials said. An autopsy ...

This chart shows the average number of people housed in Cumberland County Prison at any one time along with how many people have been incarcerated since the end of 2018. Email Joshua Vaughn at jvaughn ...