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- ↑ "Taking Care & Educating". Maine History Online. Maine Historical Society. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ↑ "Maine Correctional Center". Prison Insight.
- ↑ "New $143M Maine Correctional Center opens after 4 years of construction". Bangor Daily News. 21 September 2022.
