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reformatories  

Definition

  • A reformatory is an institution for juvenile lawbreakers. Reformatories were originally intended to reform and educate young offenders rather than to punish them. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Reformatories]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-J76PP8Z6-V

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