BALTIMORE (WBFF) — How many young people are on Department of Juvenile Services supervision? It turns out, there are more than maybe you thought – or have been told.
Currently, ankle monitors are used by DJS in a variety of ways. Someone’s kid gets an ankle monitor before adjudication, sometimes it’s after. But there’s a difference between community detention electronic monitoring and GPS monitoring and until Thursday, the difference in data point hasn’t been provided by DJS.
As of Oct. 24, there are 105 juveniles on electronic monitoring statewide, according to DJS; there are 118 juveniles on GPS monitoring. That means there are 223 juveniles in Maryland wearing an ankle monitor, under DJS supervision…