reformatory

Example Sentences

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For people like them, the reformatory offered one of the few pathways to a degree inside.

From Seattle Times

This reformatory housed youngsters who had been convicted of theft, truancy or ill-disciplined – the types of children whose parents didn't want to know, outcasts.

From Salon

Lessing was sentenced to time in a “female reformatory” in Missouri, where she occupied herself teaching her insights to incarcerated ladies of the evening.

From Los Angeles Times

Prisons have long used language such as “correctional,” “reformatory” and “penitentiary” that suggest they are committed to changing their inmates, but in the tough-on-crime era, the prison system focused on punishment rather than reform.

From New York Times

Starting as a youth, when he was sent to a state reformatory, Mr. Bellecourt amassed a long criminal record.

From Washington Post