Alabama Department of Youth Services
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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.
The Alabama Department of Youth Services School District provides educational services to juveniles in DYS schools.[3]
Facilities
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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
[edit]- 1 2 "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.
- 1 2 "New DYS girls facility reflects juvenile crime reforms". October 10, 2015.
- ↑ "J. Walter Wood Jr. Residental [sic] Treatment Facility Dedication". Archived from the original on April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
- ↑ "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". August 4, 2016.
- ↑ Kazek, Kelly (August 4, 2016). "See the eerie abandoned campus of Alabama's reform school for girls". Al.com. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
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