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Adobe Mountain School is a secure juvenile correctional school and facility in Phoenix, Arizona. It is operated by the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections and provides custody, treatment, rehabilitation, and education for youth committed by Arizona juvenile courts.

The department describes Adobe Mountain School as a secure-care juvenile correctional facility for committed youth. Federal civil-rights materials identify the school as Arizona's only juvenile prison and state that committed youth may be ages 14 to 18.5. State job and agency listings place the facility at 2800 West Pinnacle Peak Road in Phoenix (Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections, U.S. Department of Education OCR letter, Arizona state jobs listing).

Adobe Mountain's modern operations followed earlier federal scrutiny of Arizona juvenile correctional facilities. In 2004, the U.S. Department of Justice issued findings concerning conditions at Adobe Mountain, Black Canyon, and Catalina Mountain schools. A later U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights compliance review addressed disability-rights and education-service obligations at Adobe Mountain (DOJ findings letter, OCR resolution agreement).