Two years after the Maryland General Assembly transferred responsibility for incarcerated students’ education from the state Education Department to an independent school board within the Juvenile Services Department, students confined in Maryland’s secure youth facilities continue to face multiple long-standing challenges.
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Juvenile services department to move detained girls, again
Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services will relocate girls awaiting court hearings or long-term placement this month from a single unit of the Cheltenham Youth Detention Center to a center that will house all girls in the agency’s residential care.
Maryland works to fix racial disparities in juvenile centers
Over the last 10 years, Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services has seen a decline in admissions into its seven detention facilities across the state, but the number of Black children admitted is still disproportionately high.
Maryland looks to revise youth shackling policies
Maryland legislators and juvenile justice advocates are reviewing the state’s policy for placing children in mechanical restraints and studying other states’ laws to form a best practice
Maryland Department of Juvenile Services screening initiatives across state reduce unnecessary detention
Models such as the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative and the Detention Risk Assessment Instrument aim to eliminate biases — such as race or hometown — when kids are screened for entry to the system.
Detained youth connect with Maryland adjutant general’s story
Maj. Gen. Linda Singh addresses youth from the Department of Juvenile Services, motivating them to turn around their lives.
Picking for purpose: Department of Juvenile Services youth maintain Maryland orchard for a cause
Twenty teen boys scattered across an apple orchard to pick for the needy.
Hogan, Franchot blast state contractor over speaking payments to O’Malley
The Board of Public Works tabled a contract renewal vote with the Environmental Systems Research Institute, over ethical concerns about the company’s speaking contract with former Gov. Martin O’Malley.
Rise In Suicidal Behavior At Waxter Girls’ Detention Center
The Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit’s 2013 annual report indicated a 56 percent spike in suicide ideation and attempts from youth serving time at Waxter.
Baltimore Group Home Helps Troubled Teen Boys Prepare For Brighter Futures
One Love Group Home provides structure and and access to resources to help teen boys plan for life after juvenile detention.