The fight for the destiny of Black Children in Baltimore has intensified as hundreds of city residents, including high school students, college students, clergy, community activists, and many others, are voicing their firm opposition to Governor Martin O’Malley’s plan to build a $104 Million Dollar Youth Jail at 600 E. Monument Street in a...
After weeks and weeks of planning, protesting, and organizing, Youth Justice Sunday is almost here. On Sunday, October 31, 2010 4PM at 1010 East Monument Street, 21201 (Dunbar High School’s Football Field); thousands of Baltimoreans are coming together to protest Governor Martin O’Malley’s plans to build a $104 Million Dollar Youth Jail in East...
I’ve been involved with youth mentoring for more than a decade in the Baltimore City area and I’ve long concluded that I receive much more than I can ever give the young people that I’ve been blessed to connect with. This is particularly true of youth that I’ve mentored who are incarcerated. There’s a...
View Larger Map This is the site where Governor Martin O’Malley plans to build another youth prison in Baltimore City, Maryland. In addition to the youth prison, O’Malley wishes to build a prison for women as well in the same area. If the entire project goes to completion, Baltimore will have the Supermax for...
At the September meeting of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, Baltimore City State’s Attorney, Patricia Jessamy, made the case for her re-election. Touting her years of experience and multi-faceted approach for engaging crime in Baltimore, Jessamy criticized her challenger in the race, Gregg Bernstein, by saying, “he doesn’t think a prosecutor’s office should have anything...
This week I’ve devoted much of my energy to a pretty spirited discussion via Facebook about Governor O’Malley’s plans to build a prison for youth in East Baltimore. The $104 million prison would be dedicated to youth being charged as adults. For many years, I’ve stood in solidarity with many others in publicly denouncing...
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