The Alabama Department of Youth Services (DYS) is a state agency of

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, headquartered on the grounds of the Mount Meigs Campus in Mount Meigs, and in Montgomery.Mt. Meigs Campus
." Alabama Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on July 26, 2010. The department operates juvenile correctional facilities. The Alabama Department of Youth Services School District provides educational services to juveniles in DYS schools.

Facilities

Facilities directly operated by DYS include: * Autauga Campus (''

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'' Autauga County, near Prattville) * Mobile Group Home (

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) * Mount Meigs Campus ( Mount Meigs, ''unincorporated'' Montgomery County, near Montgomery), including since 2015: ** J. Walter Wood Treatment facility for girls. * Thomasville Campus (''unincorporated''

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) * VACCA Campus (Roebuck, Birmingham) ; Closed * Chalkville Campus (''unincorporated'' Jefferson County, near

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), for girls aged 12–18. Closed ** It ended operations after a tornado in January 2012.

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* {{authority control State agencies of Alabama Penal system in Alabama Juvenile detention centers in the United States State corrections departments of the United States