Maryland should invest in community-based treatment for juvenile delinquents instead of spending $225 million to build three juvenile prisons and replace buildings at a fourth, a state juvenile justice advisory panel urged.
The Maryland Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit, part of the state Office of the Attorney General, made its recommendations in a 51-page report.
“We should be contracting with folks offering evidence-based treatments in the community in the same way as if one of our children got in trouble,” said Nick Moroney, the unit’s director.
[For more of this story, written by Gary Gately, go to http://jjie.org/report-provide...nile-prisons/107711/]
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