A recent statehouse hearing has brought attention to Maryland's policy of not monitoring phone calls at youth detention facilities, a practice ...

The Department of Juvenile Services is supportive of the proposed reforms, and its legislative director testified in support of Smith’s bill, arguing that their agency already serves the substantial ...

Sen. William C. Smith Jr. sponsors proposal would raise the age at which a juvenile would be tried as an adult from 14 to 16.

Maryland Senate discussions around legislation to stop automatically charging minors as adults for certain crimes Wednesday ...

Maryland education leaders have taken action to make public schools safer by mandating school systems share information about ...

Kenny Devera, a victim of an armed carjacking outside his home in Southwest Baltimore in early January, expressed frustration over the handling of the juvenile suspects involved in the case. The ...

Maryland lawmakers are once again debating whether to scale back the state’s practice of automatically placing teenage defendants in adult court if they are accused of serious crimes.

Data also showed that 871 teens were automatically charged as adults in 2022, facing average wait times of 103 days longer for trials than those in the juvenile justice system. In Maryland ...