stay at the facility for many months and those who will face significant barriers to reentry once released, many stakeholders felt that more could be done in detention to equip those young people with new skills and tools that the can use when they return to the community. There are programs doing this in detention at the present time. For example, Baltimore Youth Arts works with young people in detention to provide mentorship and skill-building in artistic and creative expression while at the facility and upon a young person’s release. However, almost all stakeholder interviewed on this topic felt that more could be done to make more productive use of young people’s time in detention, particularly those youth who are charged as adults. There do seem to be opportunities to introduce new and more structured and intentional skill-building programs focused on youth who spend longer lengths of time at the BCJJC. For example, the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in Chicago, Illinois, has created a barbershop within its facility where young people work under the supervision of professional barbers and have the opportunity to learn their barber’s license while at the facility. Young people in other facilities also have opportunities to participate in other licensing and credentialing programs, such as ServSafe and OSHA 10-hour courses, that can provide helpful certifications to young people upon release when looking for employment opportunities. Key Recommendations 1. Policy and Process a. As recommended above, BPD should implement policy and protocols that minimize the unnecessary in-custody arrests and transport of young people to the BCJJC, such as a remote screening process, which would limit the number of young people who are transported to the BCJJC altogether and limit the number of youth who should be screened for detention. b. BPD should consider implementing the Massachusetts Screening Tool for Law Enforcement (MASTLE): an objective, validated screening instrument that is designed to assist police officers in making the decisions identified above. The MASTLE can be accessed for implementation at no cost. Limited training and technical assistance from the tool’s developer, the National Youth Screening and Assessment Project, may also be available to support implementation. c. DJS should consider amending its practice of screening all youth who appear at the BCJJC for detention admission using the Detention Risk Assessment Instrument, even youth who will ultimately be diverted prior to DJS referral through the BPD Diversion Program. This will limit young people’s exposure to the detrimental impact and collateral consequences associated with generating unnecessary DJS and court records. d. BPD should develop a training and messaging strategy to increase officer knowledge and understanding of new policies and protocols for interacting with youth, the purpose of the juvenile court system, details of juvenile justice process, and the purpose of secure detention. Clear and consistent messaging for officers will help to mitigate the obdurate frustration that officers reportedly experience when they perceive that young people are not being held accountable by the system. e. Conduct a case processing analysis of adult-charged youth in detention>