From 2020 to 2022, Maine’s state health department cited residential care facilities for dozens of resident rights violations and hundreds of other deficiencies. But it has imposed only one fine in response.

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Maine Rarely Sanctions Residential Care Facilities Even After Severe Abuse or Neglect Incidents <[link removed]> From 2020 to 2022, Maine’s state health department cited residential care facilities for dozens of resident rights violations and hundreds of other deficiencies. But it has imposed only one fine in response. by Rose Lundy, The Maine Monitor

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One Woman Died on an Alaska Mayor’s Property. Then Another. No One Has Ever Been Charged. <[link removed]> Before they died, Jennifer Kirk and Sue Sue Norton were both victims of domestic violence, but the men involved — the ex-mayor’s sons — faced few consequences despite a long history of similar allegations. by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

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