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]
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]