reform school

Certainly, there could have been a more straightforward adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s acclaimed novel about the friendship between two Black boys at a brutal Florida reform school in the early 1960s.

In “Boys,” Elwood and Turner are locked up in a reform school in 1960s Florida and become allies and friends quickly to survive.

Two young men are abused at a reform school called the Nickel Academy in 1960s Florida.

It follows Elwood Curtis and his friend Turner - two young men who are abused during their time at a reform school called the Nickel Academy in 1960s Florida.

He spent years in juvenile detention, reform school and jail.