reform school
Example Sentences
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The actor stars alongside Tracey Ullman and Emily Watson in a film that follows the weary employees and difficult students of an English reform school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
Hundreds of boys, many with troubled backgrounds, were sent to the reform school on the border of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire by local authorities across England.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025
It’s set in Florida in the early 1960s at a reform school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
Keep in mind I had worked in a reform school for girls!
From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2024
Facing serious criminal charges, and with her court hearing only two weeks away, Claudette feared she might be sent to a reform school as a juvenile delinquent.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
