Friday, November 28, 2014
The Youth Detention Center in Atlanta Georgia was built in 1914 as a women's reformatory. Eventually, it was converted and expanded to become a Youth Detention Center. The campus is rather large and there are about 10 buildings on site consisting of the detention facility which contains about 100 cells as well as a recreation building with a theater, pool and classrooms. There is also an administration building and a cafeteria among others. The detention center closed in the late 90s but some buildings remained in use by a mental health provider until around 2006.
Currently the site is beginning its latest transition, which is to that of an urban warfare training facility for local government agencies.
This is part 3 of 7 from a recent road trip.
Labels: abandoned, historic, institution, jail, urban ruins
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- Unknown said...
March 28, 2015 at 4:06 PMyou were trespassing on government property- Unknown said...
October 25, 2015 at 9:51 PMNo where on the property is it posted NO TRESPASSING- Unknown said...
December 14, 2015 at 3:44 PMthe picture of the pool is funny i was there the other day its completely covered in grafiti- Unknown said...
April 30, 2016 at 12:30 PMI want to ride in that pool! Address or cross street please!!!!!!!- Unknown said...
September 6, 2016 at 10:49 AMWas here yesterday. Really overgrown now and tons more really cool graffiti art. There's a fairly new industrial fence out front. They really don't want people in there these days it seems like haha