Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice


The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice is a state agency of Georgia, United States, headquartered in Avondale Estates, near Decatur and in Greater Atlanta. The agency operates juvenile correctional facilities.
The department was under federal oversight for 11 years after the U.S. Justice Department investigated reports of overcrowding and abuse. In 2009 the U.S. Department of Justice ended oversight of the DJJ.

Facilities

The DJJ operates six youth development campuses, which house children sentenced to or committed to the DJJ by juvenile courts. The DJJ also operates 22 regional youth detention centers, which house children awaiting trial in a juvenile or superior court or awaiting placement into another facility. Both types of facilities are grouped into four regions: northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest.

Youth development campuses

The youth development campuses include:
Macon, which opened in 1970, is all girls and the only YDC facility for girls in the DJJ.

Regional youth detention centers

A youth is assigned to regional youth detention centers according to the county of offense and that county's catchment area. The RYDCs include:
Rockdale County Youth Detention Center