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Chalkville Campus

1909 establishments in Alabama2012 disestablishments in AlabamaBuildings and structures in Jefferson County, AlabamaPrisons in Alabama

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.

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Chalkville Campus
Old Springville Road Northeast,

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Chalkville Campus Alabama Department of Youth Services

Old Springville Road Northeast
35126
Alabama, United States
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