Augusta Youth Detention Center

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Augusta Youth Development Campus was originally opened in the early 1950s as a training school with instruction in farming and animal husbandry. The campus is an innovative, specialized program for the treatment of offenders with special needs. The facility provides core educational programs and vocational classes in horticulture, masonry, computer skills and building construction. It also provides medical services, individual guidance, counseling and recreation services. Augusta Youth Development Campus is monitored by the Department of Juvenile Justice, which provides supervision, detention and a wide range of treatment and educational services for youths referred to the department by the juvenile courts and provides assistance or delinquency prevention services for at-risk youths through collaborative efforts with other public, private and community entities. Augusta Youth Development Campus is located in Augusta, Ga.