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Bill guarantees girls in juvenile justice same services as boys

"There are more community services for boys, and that's where I think the focus needs to be for young women," says Delegate Kathleen Dumais, D-Montgomery.

Tags: Kathleen Dumais , Thomas J.S. Waxter Children's Center , Laurel , Ana Sol Gutierrez ,

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Debate continues over closing of girls' detention facilty

Girls currently in Maryland who require high-security facilities could be sent out of state.

Tags: Baltimore , Waxter Center , Maryland General Assembly , Anne Arundel County , Kathleen Dumais , Department of Juvenile Services , ACLU

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Md. fires Cheltenham staff members, suspends others

After a teacher was murdered at the state-run juvenile detention center, two staff members have been fired, an administrator demoted and two others suspended.

Tags: Cheltenham Youth Detention Center , Hannah Wheeling , Maryland's Department of Juvenile Services , Donald DeVore , crime , delinquents

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