Lawsuit against Maine Correctional Center expands with 10 women making allegations

WINDHAM (WGME) -- A class action lawsuit against the Maine Correctional Center first filed in May is now growing, with lawyers asking a judge to expand the existing federal case.

A total of 10 women are now coming forward, filing a class action lawsuit against four members of the Department of Corrections, including the commissioner, and a transgender inmate.

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Three more women join lawsuit against Maine Department of Corrections over transgender policy

Three more women have signed onto a federal lawsuit against the Maine Department of Corrections for allowing transgender prisoners to be housed in facilities that align with their gender identity.

First brought by Katie Mountain in April, the lawsuit now includes Jennifer Albert, Michaela Sargent and Danielle Foster, who say they live in fear at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham because of the DOC policy.

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His popular housing project ignited a war in this wealthy Maine town

“The planning board decided on its own to stick in a lot of the things that the town had just had this bitter fight over,” Cynthia Dill, a former Democratic state legislator who opposes the proposal, said. “There’s a lot of people who just don’t believe that big, tall apartment buildings should line the streets of Cape Elizabeth, and they have the right to believe that.”

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