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Augusta Regional Youth Detention Center

State prisonJuvenilejuvenile-mixedUnder capacity (6%)LowHigh
Verified 2 Jun 2026
Fresh · 6d ago

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Augusta Regional Youth Detention Center is a state prison located in Richmond County, Georgia. Rated capacity: 64. Reported population: 4. Security level: Juvenile. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Capacity

64

Current population

4

Occupancy

6%

Year opened

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Georgia Department of Corrections

Population held

juvenile-mixed

Opened

Region

Georgia

Security level

Juvenile

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

3485 Mike Padget Highway, Augusta 30906

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

5/100
Low concern5/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Privately operated under contract

Compared to other facilities in United States

7299 peers
Conditions risk scorethis: 5/100 · peers avg: 2/100 (+116%)

Higher risk than 75% of peer facilities in United States.

Occupancythis: 6% · peers avg: 93% (93%)
Capacity (beds)this: 64 · peers avg: 545 (88%)

Data completeness

74%

How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.

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