reformatory

Example Sentences

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At a reformatory in the Colombian mountains, a group of girls, “some of whom were murderers on the verge,” lure a nun into their room with cries of “Fire!,” subdue her and escape.

From Washington Post

Instead, the judge sentenced her to a year and a day in prison and told her that, according to the AP story, “the government was going to give her ‘benevolent’ treatment at the reformatory.’”

From Los Angeles Times

For his transgression, he was forced to spend a year in a reformatory and was banned from returning to Southern California for an additional year.

From New York Times

The book ended tragically, with Patty labeled a “Jew Nazi-lover” and sent to a state reformatory for secretly feeding and hiding Anton, who hates Nazis and teaches her that she is “a person of value.”

From Washington Post

She was sent away for a stint at a reformatory, where she suffered abuse that she would later decline to speak of publicly.

From New York Times