As you may have heard in the news, our mother has recently reached some sort of legal settlement with regards to Mazes death. Below I'll link some news articles about it with a little copied text from each one for posterity purposes. We can't know how long into the future the links will still work. A lot of it is repetitive, but whatever.
https://www.pressherald.com/2021/12/23/suit-settled-over-trans-teens-suicide-at-detention-center/
>Mother settles suit over transgender teen’s 2016 suicide at Long Creek
>Michelle Knowles, of North Vassalboro, filed the federal lawsuit against the Maine Department of Corrections in April.
>The mother of a transgender teenager who died by suicide at the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the Maine Department of Corrections for $225,000.
>A copy of the settlement agreement, which the Press Herald received from the Maine Attorney General’s Office in response to a public records request, states that Michelle Knowles of North Vassalboro will receive a $225,000 payment from the state on behalf of her son, 16-year-old Charles Knowles, who died at a hospital after attempting suicide at Long Creek in October 2016.
>The mother of a transgender teen who died by suicide while incarcerated at Maine’s youth prison nearly 4 1/2 years ago has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the Maine Department of Corrections for $225,000.
>Michelle Knowles of North Vassalboro sued the department in April in U.S. District Court in Portland, alleging that despite suicide threats and attempts, staff at the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland showed deliberate indifference to the serious risk that her 16-year-old son would injure himself by placing him in a cell that was neither suicide-resistant nor free of protrusions.
>Charles Maise Knowles was born female but identified as male. Long Creek staff found him dead in his cell on Oct. 29, 2016. He had been incarcerated at the facility since Aug. 18, 2016.
>His death sparked a series of investigations into conditions at Maine’s only juvenile prison and calls for the facility’s closure. The most recent report, issued earlier this month, showed that Long Creek has failed to address issues that have plagued the facility for years. It was the third time in four years that the Center for Children’s Law and Policy, based in Washington, D.C., has investigated the conditions there.
>Knowles’ attorney, Matthew Morgan of Augusta, praised his client’s efforts on behalf of her son, saying on Wednesday she was “steadfast in her pursuit of justice for Maise.”
>“She continues to follow developments at Long Creek and urges the state to take bold action to make sure no child ever dies a needless death there ever again,” Morgan said.
https://www.wabi.tv/2021/12/23/lawsuit-settled-over-teens-suicide-detention-center/
>PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The mother of a transgender teenager who died by suicide at a youth detention center in Maine has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the state for $225,000.
>The Bangor Daily News reported the settlement on Thursday.
>Michelle Knowles filed the lawsuit in federal court in April against the Maine Department of Corrections over the 2016 death of 16-year-old Charles Knowles at Long Creek Youth Development Center.
>The Maine Attorney General’s office declined to comment on the settlement.
https://news.yahoo.com/suit-settled-over-transgender-teens-234600255.html
>Dec. 23—PORTLAND — The mother of a transgender teenager who died by suicide at a youth detention center in Maine has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the state for $225,000.
>The Bangor Daily News reported the settlement Thursday in the death of Charles Knowles, 16, at Long Creek Youth Development Center in fall 2016.
>Michelle Knowles, of North Vassalboro, filed the lawsuit in federal court in April against the Maine Department of Corrections. The Maine attorney general's office declined to comment on the settlement.
>PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The mother of a transgender teenager who died by suicide at a youth detention center in Maine has settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the state for $225,000.
>The Bangor Daily News reported the settlement Thursday in the death of Charles Knowles, 16, at Long Creek Youth Development Center in fall 2016.
I don't know what will come next, if anything. This may be the end of anything to do with Maze Knowles and Long Creek correctional facility.
I don't want to get any kind of payout of taxpayers money. I've wanted the people involved in my little brothers death to face some legal consequences for their, actions or lack of action. Whatever might work. I wanted some sort of justice, I don't want or care about money. But I guess in a way, this sort of means they admit some fault on their part. What I think is ridiculous is that this money isn't even *their* money. This is money taken from Mainers paychecks by the government. It's the taxpayers dime.
This is some small victory I guess. Something worth making note of. But I'm not of the opinion this is anything close, or adjacent to, justice.
Anyway, here's a couple photos of him with his beloved dog, Clover, that I don't think I have yet publicly posted.
If you're here looking at this, thank you. Even if justice cannot be had for Maze, it means a lot that someone is out there reading about him and remembering him.
So, dear reader, thank you kindly.
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