"No one at (the Department of Juvenile Services) is denying that there...
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01/30/10
ANNAPOLIS - Delegate Kathleen Dumais, D-Montgomery, has drafted legislation that would close Laurel's struggling Thomas J.S. Waxter Center for female juvenile offenders. Find Us On Facebook
Dumais said she drafted the bill as a first step toward finding solutions for Waxter, which has been the subject of numerous critical reports by the Attorney General's Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit. One 2007 report recommended closing Waxter, saying it was "virtually impossible to improve the physical plant sufficiently to make it suitable for a secure detention program."
"No one at (the Department of Juvenile Services) is denying that there...
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