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Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranches, Inc. (FSYR, Inc.) is a 501c3 non-profit residential child and family services organization founded by The Florida Sheriffs Association in 1957. FSYR, Inc.’s mission is to prevent juvenile delinquency and develop strong, lawful, resilient and productive citizens who will make a positive contribution to their ...
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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. state of Alabama.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 417 law enforcement agencies employing 11,631 sworn police officers, about 251 for each 100,000 residents.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department was notified of "potential criminal behavior" at the county's youth detention facility on Wednesday, according to Assistant Chief Deputy Wesley Richerson.
Mount Meigs Campus Administration Building (under renovation as of March 2011) The Mount Meigs Campus is a juvenile corrections facility of the Alabama Department of Youth Services located in the Mount Meigs community, and in the city of Montgomery, Alabama; [1] the campus serves as the agency's administrative headquarters.
The ranch was purchased by the state of Alabama in 1940 [3] and had been operated by director and warden Charles A. Farquhar as a working cattle ranch and catfish hatchery in 1956, in part to contribute to Alabama's "perennially underfunded corrections budget". [4] It was originally named the State Cattle Ranch. [5]
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. [1] [2] The department operates juvenile correctional facilities. The Alabama Department of Youth Services School District provides educational services to juveniles in DYS ...
Lucius Davenport Amerson (October 7, 1933 – March 15, 1994) [1] was an American sheriff who in 1967 became the first black sheriff in the South since Reconstruction. He was elected to office in Macon County, Alabama and started his role in January 1967. [2] [3] [4] Amerson served for 20 years, until 1987, being re-elected four times. [5]