Callie Ferguson, Bangor Daily News

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Callie Ferguson is the deputy investigative editor of Maine Focus and a reporter who focuses on Maine’s criminal justice system for the Bangor Daily News.

She was a finalist for the Livingston Award in 2022. The next year, she joined the inaugural class of local investigations fellows at The New York Times. Callie graduated from Bowdoin College and lives in Westbrook.

Contact Callie via email: moc.s1753526346wenyl1753526346iadro1753526346gnab@1753526346nosug1753526346refc1753526346

A 13-year-old immigrant was arrested in Maine. It took 2 weeks to get her home.

The girl, who was in a vehicle stopped near Farmington before Memorial Day and was released after intervention from politicians, is an example of how children have become ensnared in President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration agenda.

ByCallie Ferguson, Bangor Daily News

July 7, 2025

A ‘concerned’ Mainer’s tip got an immigrant wrongly detained for 65 days

Border agents in Calais arrested the Venezuelan man who was allowed to be in the U.S., prompting a strongly worded decision from a federal judge this week.

ByCallie Ferguson, Bangor Daily News

June 14, 2025

researchers looking at atlantic salmon in a tank.

Donald Trump’s administration quietly holds up $50M for Maine universities

New figures reveal that the Trump administration’s cuts to Maine’s public university system have reached further than previously disclosed.

ByCallie Ferguson, Bangor Daily News

May 28, 2025

A teenager’s immigration arrest started with a Maine traffic stop

The details of how 17-year-old Jose Adalberto Herrera and his uncle went from driving to work to federal custody highlights the role that local police play in aiding federal immigration enforcement.

ByCallie Ferguson, Bangor Daily News

May 18, 2025

illustration showing numerous hands of government officials pointed toward maine.

Two transgender girls, six federal agencies. How Trump is trying to pressure Maine into obedience.

Maine said it wouldn’t break state law to follow President Donald Trump’s order barring transgender girls from playing girls’ sports. Then came a barrage of investigations and threats.

ByCallie Ferguson, Bangor Daily News Erin Rhoda, Bangor Daily News Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica

March 12, 2025

A highway in Aroostook County winds between a forest of trees.

For young offenders in Maine, justice varies with geography

Maine has tried to send fewer teenagers to prison, emphasizing rehabilitation programs instead. But the rural north of the state shows the effort has played out unevenly.

ByCallie Ferguson, Bangor Daily News

March 28, 2024

the exterior of the Long Creek correctional facility.

‘Shame on us’: How Maine struggles to handle troubled youth

Even as fewer teens are being prosecuted, the state is not providing enough intervention, rehabilitation and other help.

ByCallie Ferguson, Bangor Daily News

February 1, 2024