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DETENTION FACILITIES
Charles Paraskevaides, Administrator
333-6593
Detention Facilities for juveniles awaiting trial
include Boys' Village of Maryland, J. DeWeese
Carter Center, Alfred D. Noyes Children's Center,
and Thomas J. S. Waxter Children's Center.
SOTS' VILLAGE OFMAKTLAND
Ronald Bates, Superintendent
Cheltenham, MD 20623 782-4223
Boy's Village of Maryland was established in
1870 as the House of Reformation and Instruction
for Colored Children (Chapter 392, Acts of 1870).
In 1937, it became the Cheltenham School for Boys
(Chapter 70, Acts of 1937). The present name was
adopted in 1949 (Chapter 692, Acts of 1949).
Boys' Village provides for the care and detention
of boys awaiting trial or court disposition from
Prince George's, Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's
counties (Code 1957, Art. 83C, sec. 2-117).
7. DeWEESE CARTER CENTER
Merrick Thayer, Superintendent
P.O. Box 229
Scheeler Road
Chestertown, MD 21620 778-6444
The J. DeWeese Carter Center, a detention cen-
ter for ten boys and five girls, serves the entire nine
counties of the Eastern Shore. The Center opened
in 1982 (Code 1957, Art. 83C, sec. 2-117).
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ALFRED D. NOTES CHILDREN'S CENTER
Ann E. Sentman, Superintendent
9925 BlackweU Road
Rockville, MD 20850 762-7800
The Alfred D. Noyes Children's Center was
established by Chapter 101, Acts of 1970, and by
Chapter 179, Acts of 1972, as modified in the
General Construction Loan Act of 1974.
Opened in September 1977, the Noyes Center
is a regional detention facility for youths from
Montgomery and Western Maryland counties. The
Center offers secure temporary care for youths who
are alleged to be or have been adjudicated delin-
quent. It has the capacity to serve thirty young
people (Code 1957, Art. 83C, sec. 2-117).
THOMAS J. S. WAXTER CHILDREN'S CENTER
Rudy Adams, Acting Superintendent
375 Red Clay Road, S.W
Laurel, MD 20810 792-7418
Opened in November 1963, the Thomas J. S.
Wucter Children's Center was first known as the
Southern Maryland Children's Center (Chapter 38,
Acts of 1962). The Center received its present name
in 1963 (Chapter 131, Acts of 1963).
The Wixter Children's Center is a juvenile deten-
tion and evaluation facility Housing forty male
youths, the Center serves mainly Anne Arundeland
Howard counties, and Baltimore City (Code 1957,
Art. 83C. sec. 2-117).
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