A Maryland reform school for juvenile delinquents has graduated three students and failed 23 in the 10 months since its opening.
The Maryland Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit released a report this week saying Silver Oak Academy in Carroll County has a “high” rate of failure. The watchdog group interviewed staff and boarding juveniles and reported the children are not fed adequately, staff “commonly” use physical restraint and “strenuous exercise is used as punishment.”
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