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2 weeks ago | dailybulldog.com | Nicole Lund

June is Men’s Health Month. The focus of Men’s Health is often centered on physical wellbeing, discussions of healthy eating and heart disease, annual check-ups, and health issues specific to men. I want to emphasize the equal importance of a man’s mental health and the huge part it plays in overall wellbeing. Ignoring mental health challenges can lead to negative physical outcomes, diminish a person’s quality of life and even lead to an early death.

1 month ago | dailybulldog.com | Nicole Lund

There is a popular belief that incarcerated persons earn a considerable amount of good time, enough to meaningfully reduce their sentence. However, tough on crime and truth-in-sentencing laws have greatly reduced the amount of good time an offender is able to earn. Good time is defined as an established system whereby someone who is sentenced to imprisonment is credited a set amount of time for good behavior and engagement with work and other programs.

1 month ago | dailybulldog.com | Nicole Lund

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a test administered by the U.S. Department of Education every two years to a representative sample of fourth and eighth graders and reports reading and math scores on a scale of 0-500. In three of four testing categories, Maine students had the lowest average scores since NAEP results were first reported in 1992.

1 month ago | dailybulldog.com | Nicole Lund

A public hearing was held on April 23 for LD648: An Act to Expand the Supervised Community Confinement Program by the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. A work session followed on May 1 and a second work session is scheduled for May 8. LD648 is of particular interest to advocacy organizations as it would provide a second look for young adults with extreme sentences.

2 months ago | dailybulldog.com | Nicole Lund

Restorative Justice promotes healing individuals and communities after harm has occurred by facilitating reentry programs for incarcerated individuals returning home as well as facilitating harm repair programs for youth offenders. The criminal justice system claims their “tough on crime” policies are written for the sake of victims, however survivors are not a monolith.