ATLANTA — Even before Gov. Nathan Deal signs a comprehensive juvenile-justice bill into law this week in Dalton, state and local governments have begun putting the pieces into place.
By Walter C. Jones | Sunday, April 28, 2013
According to the indictment, on Dec. 2 Daryl Wayne Gordon allegedly lured another teenager to an area out of sight of guards, choked the teen unconscious and then kicked and stomped the victim in ...
By Sandy Hodson | Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The oldest of five juveniles whose October escape helped prompt an overhaul in management and staff at the Augusta Youth Development Campus pleaded guilty Thursday.
By Sandy Hodson | Thursday, March 14, 2013
Cedric B. Taylor will be the facility's new director, Department of Juvenile Justice spokesman Jim Shuler said in a media release.
By Summer Moore | Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
The interim director of the Youth Development Campus in Augusta has been dismissed, and two new appointments have been made.
By Bill Kirby | Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013
More than 13 months after one inmate beat another to death in his cell, the Augusta Youth Development Campus is far from being drama-free.
By Summer Moore | Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012
The Department of Juvenile Justice commissioner is continuing surprise inspections at the Augusta Youth Development Campus and asking employees to report unethical behavior to the ...
By Bianca Cain Johnson | Friday, Dec. 21, 2012
Two Augusta Youth Development Campus officers were fired Friday, in connection with the escape of five inmates in October, the Department of Juvenile Justice announced Friday.
By Summer Moore | Friday, Dec. 14, 2012
Another Augusta Youth Development Campus employee has been fired as the Department of Juvenile Justice continues a staff shake-up at the facility.
By Bianca Cain Johnson | Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012
The interim director of the troubled Augusta Youth Development Campus was suspended with pay Wednesday and a lieutenant was fired, Department of Juvenile Justice spokesman Jim Shuler said.
By Tracey McManus | Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012
A 15-year-old was released from the hospital after being assaulted Sunday at the Augusta YDC by another youth.
By Summer Moore | Friday, Dec. 7, 2012
A 21-member panel that radically overhauled adult sentencing in the last legislative session is proposing equally dramatic changes for lawmakers to consider for juvenile law breakers.
By Walter C. Jones | Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012
An internal audit of the Augusta Youth Development Campus shows the director appointed by the Department of Juvenile Justice in March was either not trained or ignored policy but ...
By Summer Moore | Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012
An evaluation report on the Augusta Youth Development Campus shows the facility failed to follow protocol in numerous areas, including not having a planner to oversee all emergency responses.
By Bianca Cain Johnson | Friday, Nov. 16, 2012
Melvin Womble has been named acting director of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice's Youth Development Campus in Augusta.
Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012
Augusta Youth Development Campus staff took at least an hour and 20 minutes to begin an outside search for five escapees after a staff member spotted the inmates by the road and called the facility.
By Summer Moore | Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012
The last of five escapees from Augusta Youth Development Campus has been captured, authorities said.
By Summer Moore | Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012
Friday's sentencing of Michael Everidge to 17 years in prison should have closed 11 turbulent months at Augusta's Youth Development Campus, but it didn't. Hours after Everidge's day in court, five ...
By Kyle Martin | Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012
An 18-year-old serving time for armed robbery is still at large, the last of five inmates who escaped Friday night from the Augusta Youth Development Campus.
By Summer Moore | Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012
A teenager accused of killing a fellow inmate at the Augusta Youth Development Campus was sentenced to 17 years in prison.
By Kyle Martin | Friday, Oct. 19, 2012
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