Callie Ferguson, Bangor Daily News

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Callie Ferguson is an investigative reporter for the Bangor Daily News. She writes about criminal justice, police and housing.

Contact Callie via email: cferguson@bangordailynews.com

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