Ernest Martin

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  Published on: 5/15/2009    Last Visited: 6/25/2009  

  "No one really wants that to happen," said jail Administrator Capt. Ernest Martin. "It's creating a lot of anxiety among employees."
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  Martin said some employees have already sought other work in anticipation of layoffs.
  
  Lt. Loretta Sanborn, assistant jail administrator, recently resigned and will take a job at Maine Pre-Trial Services. Martin said Sanborn had worked at the jail for 23 years.
  
  "I consider that a casualty, to be here that long and find that you might not have employment anymore," he said.
  
  Martin said a correctional officer has also resigned, and the kitchen staff at the jail is also planning to seek employment elsewhere. Martin said the jail might still have to fire one employee.
  
  State figures have stated that 80 percent of pretrial admissions to the jail are released within 72 hours, and that the jail population would average four to five inmates per day. Martin said he believes the jail will still be booking an average of 1,800 inmates per year, and some weekends may push the average figure up.
  
  "There may be targeted dates when we really have to augment our staff," said Martin, noting the high number of arrests that often accompanies the TD Banknorth 250 weekend in Oxford.
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  Martin said there are also some concerns that the new jail procedure may make the facility more vulnerable to closure, a possibility floated by the state last year.
  
  "I think there's some concern over whether we're still going to be considered essential," said Martin.
  
  The new setup will also result in changes to the way the jail is run. Entrance policies will be altered, a control room will be used solely for observation, and a multi-purpose room may be converted into a training room for jail staff.
  
  Martin said pre-trial and sentenced inmates will be transported to other jails in the weeks prior to the change.

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  Published on: 2/18/2009    Last Visited: 2/24/2009  

  Capt. Ernest Martin, the jail administrator, said the jail may be able to save money on the costs of boarding prisoners at other jails during overcrowding. The budget currently provides for $6,000 in boarding costs.
  
  "Most years we don't board," Martin said.
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  In an earlier meeting of department heads Tuesday, Martin said Ralph Nichols, director of internal operations for the Department of Corrections, met with jail officials on Friday and expressed an interest in moving forward to have the jail be a 72-hour holding facility.
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  Martin said the conversion would lead to a reduction in medical, food and other costs, it would also lead to reducing the jail staff.
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  Martin said other staff might be able to pick up maintenance duties during slower periods if the jail converts to a holding facility.

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  Published on: 2/26/2009    Last Visited: 2/26/2009  

  Capt. Ernest Martin, the jail administrator, said there could be a potential savings of $160,000 to $200,000 between medical and food costs.
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  "I don't think anybody wants to see those casualties," Martin said.

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  Published on: 3/28/2009    Last Visited: 3/28/2009  

  Agostino J. Samson, 23, of Bethel and Windham, had facial abrasions, was spitting up blood and complained that his eyes were injured, said Capt. Ernest Martin, administrator of the Oxford County Jail.
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  Martin said Samson was involved in a fight in the day room of the maximum security block around 11 a.m. Friday.
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  "He's worn out his welcome," Martin said. "Basically, he doesn't get along with the other inmates in that block and they don't get along with him."
  
  Martin said another inmate, 23-year-old Joshua Pollis of Mexico, also suffered facial abrasions in the scuffle Friday.
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  Martin said the jail's administrative segregation unit for troublesome inmates was occupied by women and the Androscoggin County Jail is better equipped to separate people. He said the transfer should be done at no charge, and he has offered to take a troublesome inmate from the Androscoggin jail if officials are willing.
  
  "Sometimes a change of environment is all it takes," he said.
  
  Martin said the fighting incident will be presented to the District Attorney's Office on Monday to determine whether additional charges should be brought against Samson or other inmates.
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  "It was like a consensus of opinion that he was the problem," Martin said. "(Other inmates) say he threw the first punch."

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  Published on: 3/27/2009    Last Visited: 3/31/2009  

  Capt. Ernest Martin said Samson had facial cuts, was spitting up blood and complained that his eyes were injured.

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  Published on: 3/14/2009    Last Visited: 3/14/2009  

  Jennifer Morin, 35, of Norway Road is likely to return to jail to complete her sentence, said Capt. Ernest Martin, administrator of the jail.
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  "She's essentially swapping her jail cell for her home," Martin said. "She can't leave the house unless she's going to a medical appointment."
  
  Martin said Morin broke her ankle while descending stairs at the courthouse during her trustee assignment to clean offices in the building.
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  Morin was released to her home March 5 after Martin briefed Sheriff Wayne Gallant on the matter.
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  "Quite likely she'll have to come back, because I think she'll probably be healed before her sentence would expire," Martin said.

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  Published on: 3/27/2009    Last Visited: 3/28/2009  

  The jail's administrator, Capt. Ernest Martin, said Samson was being closely guarded by deputies while at the hospital.

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  Published on: 1/12/2008    Last Visited: 1/12/2008  

  "Contraband, by definition, is anything that is not allowed by jail rule," said Capt. Ernest Martin, administrator of the Oxford County Jail."And a piece of sharp metal in any form is contraband."
  
  Martin said Thompson was being segregated from the other inmates at the time of the incident.

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  Published on: 10/27/2007    Last Visited: 10/27/2007  

  "I think we feel he just needs to be by himself," said Capt. Ernest Martin, the jail's administrator.
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  Martin said there were early indications that Thompson was anti-social and that it would be more prudent to segregate him from other inmates.
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  Martin said the cell can be used for punishment or quarantining sick inmates, but is most often used for people with "some degree of mental illness."
  
  "I don't know if he's mentally ill or not," Martin said."I'd say he has a personality disorder."
  
  Martin said an inmate must display psychotic or suicidal tendencies to be sent to the Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta, and that inmates are often returned to the jail with diagnoses of behavioral issues.
  
  Martin characterized Thompson as a "compulsive talker," who occasionally discusses his case with staff at the jail.
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  "He's very argumentative," Martin said."I've heard that with my own ears."
  
  Martin said Thompson is not aggressive, but believes his personality would lead to clashes with other inmates if he were put in a cell block.
  
  "He'd probably wear out his welcome within hours," Martin said.
  
  Besides the administrative segregation unit, the jail has a holding cell where inmates may be put on suicide watch.Although Thompson's family said he was suicidal following the standoff earlier this month, Martin said an initial suicide assessment conducted at the jail came up negative.
  
  "There were no red flags brought up, or we would have been more cautious with him," he said.
  
  Martin said Thompson was "virtually unknown" at the jail prior to the charges brought up in the standoff.

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  Published on: 9/25/2007    Last Visited: 9/25/2007  

  PARIS - Capt. Ernest Martin, administrator of the Oxford County Jail, said a man killed in a standoff Saturday did not present any problems when jailed last June on a charge of attempting to murder his wife.
  
  "He was very low key," Martin said.
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  Martin said Maine Pre-Trial Services, the company the jail hires to assess what prisoners can be released on conditions if they cannot afford bail, declined to accept White's case because of the gravity of the charge.
  
  Martin said he didn't recall White saying or writing anything inflammatory and aside from visits with his family, he did not socialize with other inmates.
  
  "He was a mature individual," Martin said.
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  Martin said prisoners may also be transferred to a psychiatric institution if they show signs of being psychotic, suicidal or homicidal.
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  Martin said he was in contact with White's family two weeks before his release on Sept. 7 on surety bail.

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