Eastman Youth Development Campus Overview
Eastman Youth Development Campus, also called Eastman YDC, is operated by the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice. DJJ lists the facility at 176 Freamon Graham Blvd, Eastman, GA 31023-8003. DJJ defines Youth Development Campuses as secure long-term facilities for youth sentenced or committed to DJJ custody by juvenile courts. That definition controls how this page should be read: Eastman YDC is a juvenile long-term campus, not a Dodge County adult jail page and not a GDC adult prison page.
The facility appears in a Dodge County detention facility map because it is physically located in the county and because families may search for it alongside adult jail and prison facilities. The correct framing, however, is youth custody information, facility contact, capacity, education context, and juvenile-record caveats. No public juvenile inmate locator was located in the research file, and this page does not direct users to adult jail roster or adult GDC tools to search for youth committed to DJJ.
The strongest facility-specific source located was the Eastman YDC 2025 PREA Final Audit Report. It lists a designed capacity of 60, current population of 56, and average daily population of 56 for the prior 12 months. The same audit identifies Sherill Swanson as superintendent or administrator and lists facility phone and email contact information. NCES also lists Eastman Youth Development Campus as an open public or alternative school in Dodge County for grades 5 through 12, but that school enrollment is not the same thing as a custody count.
Eastman Youth Development Campus Capacity and Population
The Eastman YDC 2025 PREA audit gives the most useful current facility numbers in the research file. It lists designed facility capacity as 60, current population as 56, and average daily population for the past 12 months as 56. It also says the facility had not been over capacity at any point in the prior 12 months, based on the audit fields surfaced during research. Those are juvenile facility audit figures, not adult inmate roster figures.
NCES lists Eastman Youth Development Campus as a Dodge County school site with grades 5 through 12 and 34 total students in the 2024-2025 school year. That education figure can help explain the campus's school context, but it should not replace the PREA audit's custody capacity and population fields. Juvenile facilities can have education and custody reporting categories that do not match one-to-one.
How to Request Information About Youth at Eastman Youth Development Campus
No public juvenile inmate locator was located for Eastman Youth Development Campus. That is materially different from Dodge County Detention Center, which has an InteropWeb adult jail roster, and Dodge State Prison, which uses GDC Offender Query for sentenced adult offenders. Juvenile custody information is not public in the same way adult jail and prison records may be, and privacy rules can limit what DJJ or facility staff may disclose.
- Do not use the Dodge County InteropWeb jail roster to search for youth committed to DJJ custody.
- Do not use GDC Offender Query as a juvenile lookup for Eastman YDC, because GDC is the adult state prison system.
- Call Eastman YDC at 478-374-6900 or use DJJ central contact at 404-508-6500 for general facility routing.
- Be prepared for staff to limit disclosures based on juvenile privacy rules, family status, court orders, or DJJ policy.
The DJJ Youth Development Campuses list captured for this project shows Eastman YDC among Georgia's youth development campus locations.
That DJJ list is the appropriate public location source for Eastman YDC because this facility is part of juvenile justice, not an adult county jail roster or adult prison query.
Eastman Youth Development Campus Address and Contact
The research file documents both the DJJ central number and facility-specific contact information from the 2025 PREA audit. Use the facility phone for Eastman YDC questions and the DJJ main number for agency routing. The audit identifies Sherill Swanson as superintendent or administrator and lists the superintendent email as sherillswanson@djj.state.ga.us. It also lists Buddy Pittman as Health Service Administrator with phone 478-374-6944.
Eastman Youth Development Campus
176 Freamon Graham Blvd
Eastman, GA 31023-8003
478-374-6900
DJJ central phone: 404-508-6500.
The research file did not locate a public Eastman YDC lobby-hours page, a family intake desk schedule, a visitor parking map, or an online youth information form. Because youth privacy limits may apply, contact should be specific and respectful: identify the facility, explain the relationship or role, and ask what information can be shared through the proper channel.
Visiting Someone at Eastman Youth Development Campus
The research file did not locate a facility-specific Eastman YDC family visitation schedule, visitor approval form, dress code, video visitation vendor, or public visitor handbook excerpt. That gap should be preserved instead of filling the page with adult jail rules. Dodge County Detention Center's Wednesday and Saturday jail visitation windows do not apply to Eastman YDC. Dodge State Prison's GDC visitation schedule also does not apply to Eastman YDC.
| Day | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Facility-specific schedule | Not located in public research sources | Contact Eastman YDC or DJJ |
| County jail visitation | Not applicable | Adult Dodge County Detention Center only |
| GDC prison visitation | Not applicable | Adult Dodge State Prison only |
Families should call 478-374-6900 before making travel plans. Ask about eligibility to visit, approval requirements, allowed identification, arrival time, dress code, and any limit on what may be brought into the secure area. Because YDCs hold youth committed by juvenile courts, visitation and information-sharing may depend on family relationship, court status, and DJJ policy.
Mail, Phone, and Money at Eastman Youth Development Campus
The public DJJ facility-list and PREA sources reviewed did not expose a facility-specific mail format, commissary vendor, phone vendor, money deposit process, or fee table for Eastman YDC. That is a research gap, not an invitation to import county jail or adult prison rules. Juvenile facilities often have distinct family communication rules, and public pages may intentionally keep those operational details limited.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | Facility address documented as 176 Freamon Graham Blvd, Eastman, GA 31023-8003; confirm youth mail format with DJJ or facility staff. |
| Phone / Video | No Eastman YDC-specific public vendor or fee table was located in the research file. |
| Money Deposit | No Eastman YDC-specific public commissary or deposit process was located in the research file. |
Do not use Dodge County Detention Center's courthouse account-money rule for youth at Eastman YDC. Do not use GDC state-prison trust account assumptions either. Contact Eastman YDC or DJJ for current family communication and property instructions, and expect staff to limit answers if the requester is not authorized to receive youth-specific information.
Commitment and Intake at Eastman Youth Development Campus
Eastman YDC intake is not adult street-arrest booking. DJJ defines YDCs as secure long-term facilities for youth sentenced or committed by juvenile courts. A youth's path to a YDC involves juvenile court and DJJ custody processes, not the adult county jail roster or adult GDC prison system. For that reason, this page avoids adult terms such as booking mugshot galleries, public inmate photos, or jail bond windows when describing Eastman YDC.
The 2025 PREA audit gives a current operational snapshot, including designed capacity, current population, average daily population, and facility leadership. PREA materials are conditions and compliance records, not a public youth roster. They support facility description and population context, but they do not create a searchable list of youth names.
About Eastman Youth Development Campus
Eastman YDC is part of Georgia's juvenile justice system and has an education context as well as a custody context. NCES lists Eastman Youth Development Campus as an open public or alternative school in Dodge County, serving grades 5 through 12, with total students 34 in the 2024-2025 school year and phone 478-374-6910. That school record should be used carefully because it is not a complete custody report and does not replace the PREA audit's capacity and population fields.
The research file did not locate an official public juvenile locator, a public roster, a mugshot page, or a facility-specific mail and money vendor page for Eastman YDC. It did locate DJJ facility-list material, DJJ definitions of YDCs, the 2025 PREA audit, and NCES school context. Together, those sources support a page that explains what the facility is, how to contact it, what public statistics are available, and why adult inmate-search assumptions do not apply.
For Dodge County readers, the practical distinction is simple: county jail custody belongs on the Dodge County Detention Center page, sentenced adult prison custody belongs in GDC and Dodge State Prison records, and juvenile long-term custody belongs with DJJ. When a youth is involved, public record access is narrower and should be handled through the agency or court channels that are authorized to discuss the case.
Note: Call Eastman YDC or DJJ before travel or records requests because juvenile privacy rules may limit public custody details.