Reformatory
A reformatory, also sometimes named a reform school, is a correctional institution for minor and first offenders.
Juvenile convicts are put in reformatories instead of normal prisons for two reasons: first, to protect them from contact with (and possible abuse from) adult convicts; second, to undergo a special training in such institutions that is designed to reform (hence the name) the young convicts by means of strict discipline, schooling, and labor.
Reformatories are usually gender-separated (most are for boys). 19th century reformatories were particularly infamous for their harsh discipline methods, including corporal punishment.
Reformatories in the UK[edit]
In the United Kingdom, reformatory CP was usually given with a birch or a cane (see also reformatory cane). Special items of furniture were used to administer CP in reformatories, such as a birching block or a birching pony.
A well-known example of a British type of reformatory is the borstal.
Britain had also reformatory ships.
Reformatories in the USA[edit]
See Minnesota State Training School for one example.
Reformatories in spanking art[edit]
There are a few works of spanking literature that narrate stories of reformatories.
See also[edit]
- Boot camp
- Reform School, an adult graphic novel by Ian Hamilton
- Reformatory on Wikipedia
- Reform school on Wikipedia
Links[edit]
- State Reform School for Girls - example of such an institution in Ohio, founded in 1869
- Lyman School for Boys on Wikipedia - a detailed article on the first reform school in the United States, in service 1886-1971
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