Overcrowded center is dangerous, a fire hazard and diverts limited state resources.
It should have happened years ago. This is the state's largest and most dangerous facility for delinquent youths, who are detained there while awaiting trial or placement in a treatment program. It's a symbol of the Glendening administration's disgraceful failure to deal with juvenile delinquency. In the past year, one youth has been stabbed by a state employee and another gang-raped. A poorly trained staff is inattentive or hostile to the needs of kids.