Promises made. Promises Broken.

O'Malley, the Democratic candidate for governor whose crime fighting record has been attacked by Ehrlich, a Republican who is seeking re-election, used the report's findings to criticize the governor's overall performance on public safety and rebut the contention of state officials that Ehrlich has delivered on a promise to reform the long-dysfunctional juvenile services system.

The report, whose contents were revealed yesterday in The Sun, said that the 144-bed facility is chronically understaffed and that the state provides youths with inadequate behavior management and treatment plans.
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The mayor also accused Ehrlich of trying to hide the report until after the general election. A Juvenile Services spokesman said Friday that the agency didn't believe it was the state's responsibility to release the report because it was done by a federal agency.

"We need to properly staff all of our juvenile facilities," O'Malley said. "Sadly, under Bob Ehrlich, our jails and our juvenile service facilities have been some of the more dangerous places in the state."