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J. DeWeese Carter Center

P. O. Box 229
Scheeler Road
Chestertown, MD 21620
410 778-6444
The J. DeWeese Carter Center, located in Kent County, is a secure detention facility for 27 youth. The Carter Center provides emergency detention facilities to the nine counties of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Opened in August 1982, the Center was named for the Honorable J. DeWeese Carter (1904-1977) who served on the Maryland Court of Special Appeals in the 1970s.

For information regarding the J. DeWeese Carter Center, contact Derrick Witherspoon, Superintendent, at 410 778-6444 or withersd@djs.state.md.us.

Advisory Board
J. DeWeese Carter Center
P. O. Box 229
Scheeler Road
Chestertown, MD 21620

Superintendent:   Derrick Witherspoon
(410) 778-6444
WithersD@djs.state.md.us
Committee:   Barry Barrell
R. Stewart Barroll
Donald R. Blad (Co Chairman)
Chief Deputy James H. Culp
Robert A. Edler, Jr.
M. Susanne Hayman
Mabel Mumford-Pautz
Sue Nickerson
John Nunn (Chairman)
Sheriff John Price
Mary Etta Reedy
Delegate Richard Sossi,
Delegate Mary Roe Walkup
Robert H. Strong, Jr.




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