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. [1]
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. [2] The State of Alabama settled the lawsuit for $12,500,000. [3] Some persons lost their jobs. [4]
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. [1] The Mount Meigs Campus began housing delinquent girls. [5]
References
- ^ a b 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.