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Youth Development Campus (YDC)

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Bill E. Ireland
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Emanuel
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RYDC's

Albany RYDC
Capacity: 30 (22 Males/8 Females)

Counties Served: Dougherty, Lee, Terrell, Tift, Sumter, Worth

2030 Newton Road
Albany, GA 31701-3599
Phone: 229-430-4167
Fax: 229-430-3013

Athens RYDC
Capacity: 26 (26 Males/0Females)

Counties Served: Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Hart, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, and Wilkes

55 Beaverdam Road Extension
Athens, GA 30605-2276
Phone: 706-369-5605
Fax: 706-369-6091

Augusta RYDC
Capacity: 30 (30 Males/0 Females)

Counties Served: Richmond, Burke, Columbia, Glascock, Lincoln, McDuffie, and Warren

3425 Mike Padgett Highway
Augusta, GA 30906-3815
Phone: 706-771-4875
Fax: 706-771-4917

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 5627
Augusta, GA 30916-5627

Blakely RYDC
Capacity: 30 (22 Males/8 Females)

Counties Served: Early, Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Miller, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph, and Seminole

Route 3, 627 County Street
Blakely, GA 31723-2099
Phone: 229-724-2175
Fax: 229-724-2179

Bob Richards-Rome RYDC
Capacity: 30 (22 Males/8 Females)

Counties Served: Floyd and Chattooga

1 Woodbine Avenue, NW
Rome, GA 30165-2397
Phone: 706-295-6035
Fax: 706-802-5222

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 2279
Rome, GA 30164-2279

Claxton RYDC
Capacity: 30 (22 Males/8 Females)

Counties Served: Evans, Effingham, Bulloch, Bryan, Candler, Jenkins, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Screven, Tattnall, and Toombs

Bill Hodges Road, Claxton-Evans County Industrial Park
Claxton, GA 30417
Phone: 912-739-4807
Fax: 912-739-7932

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 346
Hagan, GA 30429-0346

Clayton RYDC
Capacity: 50 (40 Males/10 Females)

Counties Served: Clayton and Henry

11850 Hastings Bridge Road
Lovejoy, GA 30250-9999
Phone: 770-473-2100
Fax: 770-473-2101

Columbus RYDC
Capacity: 30 (22 Males/8 Females)

Counties Served: Muscogee, Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Schley, Stewart, Talbot, Taylor, Troup and Webster

3902 Schatulga Road
Columbus, GA 31907-3119
Phone: 706-568-2498
Fax: 706-569-3132

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 6386
Columbus, GA 31917-6386

Dalton RYDC
Capacity: 30 (22 Males/8 Females)

Counties Served: Whitfield, Catoosa, Dade, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Murray, Pickens, and Walker

2735 Underwood Road, NE
Dalton, GA 30721-7499
Phone: 706-272-2309
Fax: 706-272-2367

DeKalb RYDC
Capacity: 64 (64 Males/0 Females)

Counties Served: DeKalb

2946 Clifton Springs Road
Decatur, GA 30034-3820
Phone: 404-244-2183
Fax: 404-244-5779

Eastman RYDC
Capacity: 30 (22 Males/8 Females)

Counties Served: Dodge, Ben Hill, Bleckley, Crisp, Dooly, Irwin, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski, Treutlen, Telfair, Turner, Wheeler and Wilcox

181 Industrial Boulevard
Eastman, GA 31023-3042
Phone: 478-374-6766
Fax: 478-374-6979

Gainesville RYDC
Capacity: 30 (22 Males/8 Females)

Counties Served: Hall, Banks, Barrow, Clarke (females), Dawson, Forsyth, Habersham, Jackson, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White

1255 Vine Street, NE
Gainesville, GA 30501-2536
Phone: 770-535-5465
Fax: 770-535-6968

Griffin RYDC
Capacity: 30 (22 Males/8 Females)

Counties Served: Spalding, Butts, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, and Upson

105 Justice Boulevard
Griffin, GA 30224-8817
Phone: 770-228-7350
Fax: 770-412-4783

Gwinnett RYDC
Capacity: 49 (38 Males/11 Females)

Counties Served: Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale, and Walton

650 Hi Hope Lane
Lawrenceville, GA 30043-4581
Phone: 770-995-6921
Fax: 770-339-2341

Judge Thomas Jefferson Loftiss II RYDC
Capacity: 30 (22 Males/8 Females)

Counties Served: Thomas, Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, Echols, Grady, and Lowndes

400 South Pinetree Boulevard
Thomasville, GA 31792-7128
Phone: 229-227-2764
Fax: 229-227-2768

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1674
Thomasville, GA 31799-1674

Macon RYDC
Capacity: 40 (32 Males/8 Females)

Counties Served: Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Macon, Monroe, Peach, and Twiggs

4156 Riggins Mill Road
Macon, GA 31217-5999
Phone: 487-751-3400
Fax: 478-751-4417

Marietta RYDC
Capacity: 70 (60 Males/10 Females)

County Served: Cobb

1575 County Services Parkway, SW
Marietta, GA 30008-4022
Phone: 770-528-4247
Fax: 770-528-4261

Metro RYDC
Capacity: 200 (150 Males/50 Females)

County Served: Fulton

1300 Constitution Road, SE
Atlanta, GA 30316-4604
Phone: 404-635-4400
Fax: 404-635-4410

Paulding RYDC
Capacity: 100 (75 Males/25 Females)

Counties Served: Paulding, Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Douglas, Haralson, and Polk

538 Industrial Boulevard, North
Dallas, GA 30132-8353
Phone: 770-443-1166
Fax: 770-443-1206

Sandersville RYDC
Capacity: 30 (22 Males/8 Females)

Counties Served: Washington, Baldwin, Emanuel, Hancock, Jefferson, Johnson, Morgan, Putnam, Richmond (females), and Wilkinson

423 Industrial Drive
Sandersville, GA 31082-7015
Phone: 478-553-2400
Fax: 478-553-2404

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 69
Sandersville, GA 31082-0069

Savannah RYDC
Capacity: 100 (84 Males/16 Females)

County Served: Chatham

191 Carl Griffin Drive
Savannah, GA 31405-1362
Phone: 912-652-3879
Fax: 912-652-3899

Waycross RYDC
Capacity: 30 (22 Males/8 Females)

Counties Served: Ware, Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Lanier, Pierce, and Wayne

3275 Harris Road
Waycross, GA 31503-8956
Phone: 912-287-6680
Fax: 912-287-6681

YDC's

Augusta Youth Development Campus
Capacity: 244 (All Male) (110 Short-Term, 134 Long-Term)

3481 Mike Padgett Highway
Augusta, GA 30906-3815
Phone: 706-792-7500
Fax: 706-792-7507

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 5406
Augusta, GA 30916-5627

Bill E. Ireland Youth Development Campus
Capacity: 410 (All Male) (40 Short-Term, 370 Long-Term)

800 North Glynn Street
Milledgeville, GA 31061-5011
Phone: 478-445-5119
Fax: 478-445-6355

Eastman Youth Development Campus
Capacity: 349 (All Male) (All Long-Term)

176 Freaman Graham Blvd.
Eastman, GA 31023-8003
Phone: 478-374-6900
Fax: 478-374-6904

Emanuel Youth Development Campus

Capacity: 168 (All Female) (All Short-Term)

714 Gumlog Road
Swainsboro, GA 30401-5888
Phone: 478-289-6181
Fax: 478-289-6182

Macon Youth Development Campus
Capacity: 150 (All Female) (48 Short-Term, 102 Long-Term)

4160 Riggins Mill Road
Macon, GA 31217-5400
Phone: 478-751-3415
Fax: 478-751-3414

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 4805
Macon, GA 31208-4805

McIntosh Youth Development Campus
Capacity: 168 (All Male) (All Short-Term)

1200 GA Highway 251
Darien, GA 31305-9556
Phone: 912-437-6036
Fax: 912-437-3494

Pelham Youth Development Campus
Capacity: 120 (All Male) (All Short-Term)

410 Mize Street, NW
Pelham, GA 31779-2010
Phone: 229-294-2500
Fax: 229-294-2550

Savannah River Challenge Program
Capacity: 150 (at full capacity) (All Male) (All Short-Term)

626 Old River Road
Sylvania, Georgia 30467
Phone: 912-829-5300
Fax: 912-564-1202

Sumter Youth Development Campus
Capacity: 150 (All Male) (All Long-Term)

300 McMath Mill Road
Americus, GA 31709-1399
Phone: 229-931-5800
Fax: 229-931-5885

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 1399
Americus, GA 31709-1399

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