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Juvenile Services explains detention process, schedules GPS rollout and highlights 'credible messenger' programs
Summary
DJS told the Public Safety Committee how intake and detention decisions are made, committed to moving community monitoring to GPS on July 1, and described credible‑messenger initiatives (Thrive, Access) that officials said reduce recidivism for participants.
Deputy Secretary Lisa Gary of the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services described DJS’s intake, detention‑risk assessment and community‑detention tools to the Council’s Public Safety Committee on May 12 and announced that the agency plans to transition community monitoring to GPS devices on July 1.
Gary explained that DJS receives both paper referrals and custody requests and that the department uses an objective detention‑risk instrument to assess two questions: whether a youth is a risk of failing to appear for court and whether they are a risk of…
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