reformatory
Example Sentences
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"They put me in a reformatory when I was 17."
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025
In the film about two teens in a reformatory school, the camera becomes the point-of-view of a couple of characters, while other characters look directly into the lens.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024
He became involved with University Beyond Bars shortly after he arrived at the reformatory in 2010.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2022
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 • Sep. 30, 2022
Impertinence to a teacher was almost a reformatory offense in Brooklyn.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
