Chalkville Campus
Chalkville Campus was a correctional facility for girls of the Alabama Department of Youth Services, in the Chalkville area, in Jefferson County, Alabama.
In 1909 the Protestant Women of Birmingham created a youth corrections program that became the Chalkville campus.
By 2002 100 former students who attended in the period 1993 to 2001 accused the school of abuse, with forty of them joining a lawsuit in federal court. The State of Alabama settled the lawsuit for $12,500,000. Some persons lost their jobs.
By 2012 enrollment was down to 18, and the department planned to retire the Chalkville campus and move the girls elsewhere. In January 2012 a tornado destroyed 11 of the buildings, though no injuries resulted. The facility abruptly closed as a result. The Mount Meigs Campus began housing delinquent girls.
References
- ^ Kazek, Kelly (2016-08-04). "See the eerie abandoned campus of Alabama's reform school for girls". Al.com. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
- ^ Singer, Amy (June 2002). "Girls Sentenced to Abuse". Marie Claire (United States). Retrieved 2022-08-25. - Hosted by the website of the photographer for the article. Linked from the academic database of American University (which points to an older URL)
- ^ "CHALKVILLE: $12.5 million paid to end sex scandal at DYS". Al.com. 2007-05-05. Retrieved 2022-08-25. - With The Birmingham News
- ^ Reeves, Jay (2001-06-17). "Sex scandal at state girls prison results in firings, lawsuit". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
- ^ "New DYS girls facility reflects Alabama's reformed approach to juvenile crime". Al.com. 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
External links
- "Chalkville Campus". Archived from the original on 2010-02-04.