Muscogee Youth
Development Campus
(Located in Muscogee County)
Marvin Menafee, Director
7700-A Chattsworth Road
Midland,
GA 31820
Phone: 706-565-4391
Office: 706-565-4395
Fax:
706-565-4353
Capacity: 60 (All Male)
Program
Description:
The Muscogee Youth Development
Campus is located on 42 acres of land east of Columbus, Georgia. The site is
shared with the Judge Aaron Cohn Regional Youth Detention Center. The overall
objective of the Muscogee YDC is to foster the image of a “village” by using
residential building materials and facilitating effective movement of small
groups (families) from cottages to school and after school programs. It is
designed to house medium to low risk youth who are incarcerated for the first
time.
The Muscogee YDC used
the term “cottage culture” which is a combination of behavioral, normative,
functional, cognitive and structural definitions of the word culture. In
establishing the “cottage culture” at the Muscogee YDC, staff and youth learn
to share ideas, values, ways of problem solving and rules for living that
foster a positive environment for changing behavior thus reducing the
possibilities of previous behaviors which resulted in involvement with the
Juvenile Justice system. The cottage culture is designed to offer
opportunities for all staff to be involved in the daily activities of the
youth to establish relationships with them to create a family atmosphere.
Directions from Atlanta:
Travel I-85 South to I-185 South. Continue on I-185 South
to Exit 10 (Macon-Phenix City). Take the second exit, Macon exit (U.S. 80/GA
22). Stay on U.S. 80 East until you come to the third traffic light at
Flatrock Road. Make a right onto Flatrock Road. Stay on Flatrock Road until
you come to the intersection at Macon Road. Make a left onto Macon Road.
Continue on Macon for approximately 1/2 mile until you come to Chattsworth
Road on your right. Make a right onto Chattsworth Road. The Muscogee YDC is
approximately 1/2 mile on your right. Make a right at the mailbox marked 7700
and follow the road around to your right. |