Via Bangor Daily News

People convicted of domestic violence in Maine’s second most populous county are being allowed to end their probation early after the only local program aimed at changing male offenders’ abusive behavior closed nearly a year ago.

When York County probationers and others cannot get into another domestic violence intervention program in Maine, victims are feeling less safe, and justice is not being served, said Susan Giambalvo, the director of Caring Unlimited, York County’s domestic violence resource agency.

“It’s leaving survivors and victims feeling like they’ve been abandoned again,” Giambalvo said. “That emboldens the person who’s committing violence and allows them in one more way to get away with it. It just feels so unfair.”