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Justice Department launches investigation into city’s juvenile jail

May 30, 2019 at 8:55 p.m.

The U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation into claims of mistreatment of youths, inadequate staffing and other problems at the state's newest juvenile justice facility, The Sun has learned....

Plans to close Hickey school questioned

May 30, 2019 at 8:55 p.m.

Several state legislators and the Baltimore County executive questioned yesterday the Ehrlich administration's surprise plan to close the troubled Charles H. Hickey Jr. School, saying the move poses a potential...

Contraband floods Md. prisons

August 18, 2019 at 8:12 p.m.

A black market bazaar of heroin, marijuana, pornographic videos, tobacco, cell phones and top-shelf liquor is routinely being smuggled past security checkpoints and into Maryland's troubled prisons, an investigation by...

Judge dismisses inmate complaint of beating

August 22, 2019 at 10:33 p.m.

A federal judge dismissed yesterday a complaint by a prison inmate who had claimed that he was harassed and beaten by correctional officers at the Eastern Correctional Institution. The judge...

Program to speed juvenile justice called effective

May 30, 2019 at 8:54 p.m.

A program that speeds up the charging of juvenile offenders in Baltimore and moves them more quickly through the court system is proving effective in holding down the number of...

Independent monitor of juvenile facilities resigning June 30

May 30, 2019 at 8:54 p.m.

An independent monitor whose reports detailing poor conditions and abuse in Maryland's juvenile facilities have embarrassed the Ehrlich administration is resigning effective June 30. Ralph Thomas said yesterday that he...

Ailing system struggles with inmate care

May 30, 2019 at 8:54 p.m.

In mid-March 2002, Marcella N. Leski, 39, was jailed for failing to appear in court on a drug-possession charge. Twelve days later, she was so ill that her legs were...

Judge rejects inmate’s request to move to federal prison

March 30, 2019 at 7:27 a.m.

A Maryland prison inmate who claimed he was harassed and beaten by correctional officers for telling investigators what he knew about another prisoner's death lost his bid yesterday for a...

Inmate beaten as ‘snitch,’ he says

March 28, 2019 at 4:52 p.m.

A Maryland prison inmate who told authorities he witnessed correctional officers mistreat an inmate who died last year testified in federal court yesterday that he has been beaten and harassed...

Hearing set for inmate claiming harassment

March 30, 2019 at 6:34 a.m.

A federal judge has agreed to hear a complaint from an inmate who claims that correctional officers have harassed and beaten him for talking to investigators about the death of...

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