Muddy Waters
Ep. 210 with David Corbett, Candidate for York County Sheriff
David Corbett, Republican candidate for York County Sheriff, joins Chuck Ellis on the Muddy Waters Podcast. A Lyman resident, David spent years in Maine law enforcement with the Saco and Biddeford police departments and the York County Sheriff's Office, then about 13 years as a criminal justice professor. He's also a clergyman, and this is his third run for sheriff. David makes the case that the current approach to addiction in county jails isn't working. He argues the Suboxone program keeps inmates hooked, and he lays out his plan for "community corrections," where clergy, churches, and trained volunteers work with inmates and their families inside the jail and after release. He also talks about ending forced 16-hour shifts for corrections officers, rebuilding staffing and morale, starting a sheriff's cadet program for teens, and getting people with serious mental illness out of jails and into proper treatment. Chuck pushes back on David's idea of citizen involvement in policing, and they talk through how training and vetting would make it work. David also calls for federal transparency on the fatal ICE shooting in Biddeford. Find David at sheriffcorbett.com, on YouTube under Sheriff Corbett, and on Facebook at David and Sylvia Corbett. muddywaters.us — Follow Muddy Waters Podcast for more episodes.
