The Metro Regional Youth Detention Center is a facility for juveniles who have been charged with a crime or are waiting for their cases to go to court. The detention center, which houses up to 150 male juvenile and 50 female youth, is one of 22 such regional facilities statewide. All are part of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice. The youth detained here are given medical care, dental care, food, clothing and an education while under the DJJ's jurisdiction. The centers also provide counseling services. This facility is on Constitution Road SE near Moreland Avenue SE.