The number of youth in the D.C. Jail has nearly quadrupled since last year, and most of the teenage inmates are not being rehabilitated as they would if housed in juvenile facilities, according to testimony at a D.C. Council commission hearing Monday.

Several witnesses called for reforms that they said would lower the number of juveniles in the adult jail, including ending the placement of youths in the adult jail before trial. They also called for more services for those teenagers convicted of adult charges.