Alabama Department of Youth Services
The Alabama Department of Youth Services (DYS) is a state agency of Alabama, headquartered on the grounds of the Mount Meigs Campus in Mount Meigs,and in Montgomery.[1][2] The department operates juvenile correctional facilities.
Mount Meigs Campus Administration Building (under renovation as of March 2011)
The Alabama Department of Youth Services School District provides educational services to juveniles in DYS schools.[3]
Facilities
Mount Meigs Campus
Facilities directly operated by DYS include:
- Autauga Campus (unincorporated Autauga County, near Prattville)[4]
- Mobile Group Home (Mobile)[5]
- Mount Meigs Campus (Mount Meigs, unincorporated Montgomery County, near Montgomery),[1] including since 2015:
- Thomasville Campus (unincorporated Clarke County)[8]
- VACCA Campus (Roebuck, Birmingham)[9]
- Closed
- Chalkville Campus (unincorporated Jefferson County, near Birmingham), for girls aged 12–18.[10] Closed[6]
- It ended operations after a tornado in January 2012.[11]
References
- "Mt. Meigs Campus Archived 2010-06-17 at the Wayback Machine." Alabama Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on July 26, 2010.
- "School District Contact Information and Addresses Archived 2010-09-02 at the Wayback Machine." Alabama Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on July 26, 2010. "DYS Central Office" "1000 Industrial School Road Mt. Meigs, AL 36057"
- "School District Archived 2010-06-17 at the Wayback Machine." Alabama Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on July 26, 2010.
- "Autauga Campus Archived 2010-06-17 at the Wayback Machine." Alabama Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on July 26, 2010.
- "Mobile Group Home Archived 2010-06-17 at the Wayback Machine." Alabama Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on July 26, 2010.
- "New DYS girls facility reflects juvenile crime reforms". 10 October 2015.
- "J. Walter Wood Jr. Residental Treatment Facility Dedication". Archived from the original on 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- "Thomasville Campus Archived 2010-06-17 at the Wayback Machine." Alabama Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on July 26, 2010.
- "Vacca Campus Archived 2010-06-17 at the Wayback Machine." Alabama Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on July 26, 2010.
- "Eerie abandoned campus of Alabama's girls reform school". 4 August 2016.
- Kazek, Kelly (2016-08-04). "See the eerie abandoned campus of Alabama's reform school for girls". Al.com. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
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