COMMUNITY DETENTION

Conard Carnell, Supervisor
(410) 323 7793

For youth awaiting court trial or review. Community
Detention is an alternative to incarceration Juveniles
may remain at home in their community under intensive
supervision by daily face to face or telephone contact and
through surveillance by electronic monitoring devices

STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION

Rudy Adams, Manager
(410) 780 7920

The Department of Juvenile Justice is responsi
ble tor transporting youth from the State facilities
in which they reside to the courts and back again

COMMITTED & DETENTION PROGRAMS
Rudy Adams, Administrator
(410) 780 7920

Committed and Detention Programs began as Resi
dennal Programs and was reorganized as Committed
Programs m 1992 It received its present name m 1996
Committed, Programs For youth committed by
the courts, Committed and Detention Programs
runs seven residential facilities They are the Mary
land Youth Residence Center and the William Don
aid Schaefer House in Baltimore City, and five
Youth Centers in Western Maryland
Detention Programs They consist of four centers
that hold minors awaiting tnal or placement in a
residential program These youth are either alleged or
adjudicated delinquents Some are quite young They
require detention, that is, locked confinement, because
they pose a clanger to themselves or others, need close
supervision, or might leave the jurisdiction of the court
These centers are J DeWeese Carter Center, Chelten
ham Youth Facility, Alfred D Noyes Children's Cen
ter, and Thomas J S Waxter Children's Center

COMMITTED PROGRAMS

MARTLAND TOUTH RESIDENCE CENTER
Wilmon Powell, Director

721 Woodbourne Ave
Baltimore. MD 21212 (410) 433 6041

The Maryland Youth Residence Center opened in
1972 as a residence for delinquent boys committed by
the court In June 1994, it was converted to a shelter
care faculty for up to thirty boys, ages 12 to 18 Boys who
need supervision but are not deemed dangerous are
housed here while they await a court hearing or place
ment m another residence The Center provides them
with education, recreation, medical services, and individ
ual, group and family counseling The Center also houses
up to twelve boys, ages 16 to 18, who attend the Living
Classroom Program The Program's vocational educa
uon prepares them for employment m mannme trades

WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER HOUSE
Charlotte P Wamwnght, Program Director

907 909 Druid Park Lake Drive
Baltimore, MD 21217 (410) 333 7152

Opened m 1972, the Group Home for Boys was
renamed for Governor William Donald Schaeter in Apnl
1992 Its program is designed for young men, ages 14
to 18, with a history of drug and alcohol abuse Located
in a residential community, the House prepares them for
mdependent living Upon release, youth enter commu
mty treatment programs for their addictions

YOUTH CENTERS
Donald L Carter, Superintendent

Headquarters
326 328 Queen City Drive
Cumberland, MD 21501—1400 (301) 777 2400

The Department of Juvenile Justice operates five
Youth Centers in Western Maryland Youth Centers
serve older boys committed by various State courts
and jurisdictions or transferred from the Charles H
Hickey, Jr, School (Chapter 370, Acts of 1955)
To be eligible for transfer to a youth center, boys
must be at least 14 years of age and m good physical
health At Youth Centers, they live and work out
doors Group activities are stressed, including
group counseling and discussion, and working well
in groups is an important goal of treatment
The Youth Centers began in 1955 as Boys For
estry Camps They were renamed Youth Centers bv
the Board of Public Works on September 20,1977
The Centers and the Washington County Holdov er
Facility are administered in Cumberland (Code
1957, Art 83C,sec 2 117)

WASHINGTON COUNTY HOLDOVER FACILITY

Michael Wolford, Supervisor

201 North Jonathan St
Hagerstown, MD 21740 (301) 777 2489

In response to a federal initiative to move minors
out of jails for adults, Maryland erected two hold
over facilities m the late 1970s One closed in 1991
due to cost containment The Washington County
Holdover Facility, however, still confines alleged or
adjudicated juvenile delinquents Detention in a
holdover facility is limited to less than 72 hours

BACKBONE MOUNTAIN YOUTH CENTER
Robert L McElvie, Jr , Supervisor

Route 1
Swanton, MD 21562 (301) 359 9190

In 1964, the General Assembly appropriated
funds to establish a forestry camp at Backbone
Mountain in Garrett County with room tor thirty
five boys (Chapter 159, Acts of 1964) The Camp