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Reformatories were institutions where girls and young women who refused to conform to the Franco regime's Catholic values were detained - single mothers, girls with boyfriends, lesbians.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

Sefior Jose Amatuzzo, superintendent of the State Reformatories of Argentina, confided to correspondents, last week, details of a punishment which he deems "almost infallibly efficacious."

From Time Magazine Archive

Reformatories, fines, compensation for damage, exclusion from office.

From Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso by Lombroso, Gina

Reformatories, Object, Liberty.—During the past few years juvenile courts have been created for the purpose of committing children to reformatories.

From The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law by Scanlan, Charles M.

The most successful Reformatories of Europe are of this kind.

From The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them by Brace, Charles Loring