Number of Juvenile Arrests: 24,564
Children removed from their homes (in the prior 12 months): 2,445
Percentage of Children Living In Poverty : 13.8%
Number of school suspension: 33,758
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Maryland Data Show Families with Children Struggling During Health Crisis

UNDER EMBARGO Until Monday, December 14, 2020 at 12:01 a.m. ET Contact: Nonso Umunna | numunna@acy.org Maryland Data Show Families with Children Struggling During Health Crisis Data Show Struggles Across Key Areas, Annie E. Casey Foundation Report Finds BALTIMORE—Maryland performed…
December 14, 2020 at 4:09 PM Carol Walker read more

Look & Listen: The Baltimore City Youth Experience

Thursday, October, 29, 2020 | 4:30PM to 6PM Rehearsal Link: https://streamyard.com/7tr9inz95x Hosting Platform: https://streamyard.com/h5k374n45s (may change to zoom) Streaming Medium: Mayor’s Office of Children & Family Success YouTube https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=3015175521917100 OR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78-lXnow8Pk
November 23, 2020 at 2:54 PM Carol Walker read more

Lost girls: Young women face harsher punishment in Maryland’s juvenile justice system

Lost girls: Young women face harsher punishment in Maryland’s juvenile justice system By Erica Green, Baltimore Sun Reporter This article appeared in the Baltimore Sun on December 16, 2016. For link to original article, click here. The Baltimore teen and…
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State officials pledge improvements in education of juvenile offenders

State education officials pledged Wednesday to hire new teachers, fill vacancies and make other changes to improve the beleaguered school system that serves Maryland's juvenile offenders.
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Rais Akbar appears on WJZ-TV to promote juvenile issues and Bryan Stevenson’s appearance at annual luncheon

Rais Akbar, juvenile justice director and Becky Wagner, executive director, appear on On Time, WJZ-TV's public affairs program.  They discuss juvenile justice issues such as sentencing without the possibility of parole for  youth and the upcoming fundraising event the Distinguished…
May 15, 2015 at 2:46 PM Carol Walker read more

Maryland reforms juvenile probation system with ‘graduated responses’ decision-making tool

December 17, 2014 at 8:29 PM Carol Walker read more

Baltimore Youth Curfew: Good Intentions but bad timing

May 22, 2014 at 9:21 PM webdev read more

Baltimore City’s New Curfew: Mayor, City Council, Advocates Weigh In

May 15, 2014 at 9:44 PM webdev read more

Judge to choose adult or juvenile court in Howard murder

February 25, 2014 at 2:12 PM webdev read more

Curfew drop-off centers are too little too late

February 14, 2014 at 1:59 PM webdev read more

A Common-Sense Approach to School Discipline

January 29, 2014 at 2:18 PM webdev read more

City Killings Rose in 2013, but Fatal Shootings of Children Continued Long Decline

January 2, 2014 at 2:22 PM webdev read more

Marc Steiner Show: Curfew in Baltimore City

September 16, 2013 at 6:55 PM webdev read more

Baltimore curfew push questioned by ACLU, police union

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End automatic youth transfers to adult system

August 28, 2013 25KB Download

Officials Question whether charging juveniles as adults is the right thing to do

August 9, 2013 at 6:58 PM webdev read more

State plans new detention center for girls in Carroll County

July 10, 2013 at 7:00 PM webdev read more

New state law makes it harder to commit juveniles for minor offenses

April 18, 2013 at 6:59 PM webdev read more

Juvenile justice reforms: worth the wait

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State bills aimed at reducing school-based arrests

March 5, 2013 at 7:02 PM webdev read more

Report finds youth incarceration on steep decline in Md., U.S.

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Juvenile jail scrapped, but state still plans $70M for facilities, The Baltimore Brew

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The Marc Steiner Show, WEAA 88.9FM; Youth Detention Facility

January 17, 2013 at 3:37 PM webdev read more

State scraps plans to build youth jail in Baltimore, Baltimore Sun

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