Department of Juvenile Services Will Close Four Facilities, Expand Cheltenham Youth Detention Center

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Department of Juvenile Services connected Wednesday announced a realignment program that volition signifier retired 4 facilities and grow the Cheltenham Youth Detention Center successful Prince George’s County.

The section conducted an appraisal of the existent colonisation and projected realigning its facilities truthful younker tin beryllium person to the communities wherever they live.

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Under the plan, the Thomas J.S. Waxter Children’s Center successful Laurel, Alfred D. Noyes Children’s Center successful Rockville, Mountain View successful Swanton, and Green Ridge Youth Center successful Flinstone volition each adjacent betwixt 2022 and 2027.

A caller girls detention halfway volition unfastened astatine Cheltenham field successful 2025, offering 24 beds, and a caller attraction halfway volition unfastened connected the field successful 2027, adding 48 beds.

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The section said the program volition lessen its footprint, summation ratio and support families person together.

“This realignment is astir consolidating our resources, investing successful our programs, and getting our young men and women person to home,” DJS Secretary Sam Abed said. “I americium grateful for our hardworking and dedicated staff, and I americium pleased to study this program volition effect successful nary layoffs.”

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All unit members affected by the realignment program volition beryllium offered different occupation wrong the department.

CBS Baltimore Staff