Department of Juvenile Services

Baltimore's mayor joins Tom Hall for another monthly conversation about key issues facing the city including trouble at the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts, juvenile justice reform and the future of Harborplace.

State Senate Judicial Proceedings chair Will Smith drafted a bill to stop automatically charging teens accused of robbery, assault and gun possession in adult court.

Changes to Maryland’s juvenile justice system are waiting for the governor’s signature.

We’ll go On the Record with WYPR reporter Rachel Baye, who devoted a year to investigating why Maryland charges more juveniles as adults than almost any other state … and how the adult court system doesn’t give kids access to treatment they need.

House approved changes with near unanimous but reluctant support from Democrats.

Bill unveiled Wednesday in Annapolis makes many changes, but a long road to approval awaits.

We’ll go On the Record with the Maryland Secretary of Juvenile Services. Reported youth crimes have dropped over the past decade, but a recent rise-- especially handgun violations--raises alarm.

The department refers two-thirds of city youth auto-theft arrests to the state’s attorney and 97% of youth carjackings.

The teen, now 16, shot Timothy Reynolds in July 2022 after Reynolds approached him and other squeegee workers wielding a baseball bat.

Maryland has 33 crimes that automatically land children in adult courts. After 13 years of failed attempts, a group of advocates and state lawmakers hope to change that.