boys. It is authorized to transfer to these
camps, boys from Boys' Village, Montrose
School, or the Maryland Training School
for Boys who could benefit from such care.
The Administration also supervises the
Maryland Children's Center, opened in
1957, as a facility for short-term detention
and study of children judged delinquent by
the Courts. The Thomas J. S. Waxter Chil-
dren's Center, opened in 1963, is a forty-
bed facility at Laurel for the detention of
juvenile offenders.
The Administration supervises intake,
probation, and after-care post-institutional
supervision and counseling staff to all juve-
nile courts. Probation and after-care are
separate functions, with probation being the
supervision of youngsters who are adjudi-
cated delinquent but not institutionalized,
and after-care being the supervision and
counseling of youngsters for a prescribed
period of time upon their release from an
institution (Code 1957, 1972 Repl. Vol.,
Art. 52A).
Staff: 1975, 1,370; 1976, 1,445;
1977, 1,462.
BOYS' VILLAGE OF MARYLAND
Harold L. Johnson, Superintendent
Cheltenham (Prince George's
County) 20623 Telephone: 782-4223
This institution was established by Chap-
ter 392, Acts of 1870, as the House of
Reformation for Colored Boys. By Chapter
70, Acts of 1937, it became known as the
Cheltenham School for Boys. The present
name was adopted by Chapter 692, Acts
of 1949.
Boys' Village of Maryland is under the
supervision, direction, control and general
management of the Juvenile Services Ad-
ministration in accordance with Article 52A,
sees. 11-12 of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land. The School provides for the care and
detention of boys awaiting further court
disposition. The Juvenile Services Adminis-
tration, working in close cooperation with
the Mental Retardation Administration, has
allocated one cottage for the care and treat- |
ment of selected mentally retarded young-
sters. Juvenile Services has also made fa-
cilities available for both day and in-resi-
dence treatment and education for emo-
tionally disturbed referrals from the school
system of Prince George's, Calvert, Charles,
and St. Mary's Counties.
Staff: 1975, 116; 1976, 168;
1977,101.
MARYLAND TRAINING SCHOOL
FOR BOYS
James M. Dean, Superintendent
2400 Cub Hill Road,
Baltimore 21234 Telephone: 668-3300
This institution was established by Chap-
ter 374, Acts of 1850, as the House of
Refuge. It has been situated at its present
site near Loch Raven in Baltimore since
1910, when its name was changed to Mary-
land School for Boys. By Chapter 300, Acts
of 1918, its name was changed to Maryland
Training School for Boys. The school pro-
vides for the care and training of delinquent
boys.
Staff: 1975, 233; 1976, 250;
1977, 250.
MONTROSE SCHOOL
Leonard F. Gmeiner, Superintendent
13700 Hanover Road,
Reisterstown (Baltimore
County) 21136 Telephone: 833-1500
This School was established as the Fe-
male House of Refuge by Chapter 156,
Acts of 1886, and purchased by the State
by Chapter 303, Acts of 1918. When the
School was moved from Baltimore to its
present site in 1922, it adopted its name by
Chapter 215, Acts of 1922. The Barrett
School for Girls was merged with the Mont-
rose School for Girls on June 1, 1963, by
Chapter 37, Acts of 1962. The School be-
came co-educational in 1973 and now pro-
vides services for both delinquent girls and
boys.
Staff: 1975, 182; 1976, 184;
1977, 184. |
