Alabama Department of Youth Services

The Alabama Department of Youth Services (DYS) is a state agency of Alabama, headquartered on the grounds of the Mount Meigs Campus in Mount Meigs, and in Montgomery. The department operates juvenile correctional facilities.

The Alabama Department of Youth Services School District provides educational services to juveniles in DYS schools.

Facilities
Facilities directly operated by DYS include:
 * Autauga Campus (unincorporated Autauga County, near Prattville)
 * Mobile Group Home (Mobile)
 * Mount Meigs Campus (Mount Meigs, unincorporated Montgomery County, near Montgomery), including since 2015:
 * J. Walter Wood Treatment facility for girls.
 * Thomasville Campus (unincorporated Clarke County)
 * VACCA Campus (Roebuck, Birmingham)


 * Closed
 * Chalkville Campus (unincorporated Jefferson County, near Birmingham), for girls aged 12–18. Closed
 * It ended operations after a tornado in January 2012.