Conditions at the J. DeWeese Carter Children’s Center, where girls committed to the Department of Juvenile Services were moved, have deteriorated within the past month, said an independent monitor.
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Md. Girls Incarcerated at Higher Rates than Boys for Lesser Offenses
Of the 279 female youth committed to residential treatment centers in Maryland in 2010, approximately 80 percent were accused of nothing more serious than a misdemeanor, statistics from the Department of Juvenile Services show. For boys, that figure was around 50 percent.