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| Maryland Officials Approve $4.6 million for Former Boot Camp Inmates |
| By Baltimore Sun |
| Published: 08/08/2002 |
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Maryland officials gave final approval yesterday to spending almost $4.6 million to settle legal claims from youths beaten and mistreated at the state's juvenile boot camps. The settlement, approved without comment by the state Board of Public Works, sets aside more than $2 million in scholarship money for juveniles who were held in the boot camps and pays almost $1.8 million to the 61 who were the most severely beaten. The rest of the money will go to lawyers. Although yesterday's action ends litigation involving the boot camps, the issue is expected to play a prominent role in this year's gubernatorial campaign - mostly because juvenile justice is an area overseen by Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the leading Democratic candidate. Townsend's expected Republican opponent, Rep. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., said the spending of $4.6 million in taxpayers' money is a result of the 'dysfunctional system' that Townsend oversaw. |
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