9-5-12: Promising Trends, Disturbing Incidents in Maryland's Juvenile Justice System

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Aggressive incidents in Department of Juvenile Services facilities seem to be down...but Pod E in the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center saw a spike in aggressive incidents in May.

The all-female Waxter detention center has reduced violence...but it also saw a spike in suicidal ideation in the second quarter, including an incident in which a girl tried to hang herself with a sheet and staff didn't have the necessary tools to cut her down.

The Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit in the Attorney General's office has released its quarterly report on DJS facilities. JJMU director Nick Moroney gives Sheilah the takeaway from his team's observations.