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Definition of Reform school

1. Noun. Correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders.

Definition of Reform school

1. Noun. (dated) A penal institution for juveniles, especially males. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reform School

Literary usage of Reform school

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Stmt. showing amt. expended for erection of state reform school. ... Rept. of jt. select committee on reform school at Marysville. (Sen. jol. 12 sess. pp. ..."

2. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1907)
"The ann. rept. of committee on State reform school is printed variously In the publlc or the ... Favorable rept. on establishment of reform school for boys. ..."

3. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.), National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, National Conference of Social Work (U.S.) (1886)
"But is it nothing to the State financially, if its juvenile delinquents drift from the gate of the reform school straight to the penitentiary ? ..."

4. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1892)
"BY IRA D. OTTERSON, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE STATE reform school, NEW. JERSEY. In the first place, let us study some of the reasons which demand that we should ..."

5. Proceedings of the ... Annual Congress of Correction of the American by American Correctional Association (1904)
"State reform school Meridan. Industrial School for Girls Middletown. Delaware. ... reform school Washington. reform school for Girls Washington. Illinois. ..."

6. Annual Report of the Attorney-general of the United States by United States Dept. of Justice, United States Attorney-General (1892)
"... building or buildings, to bo used as a reform school for girls, thirty-five thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of said Commissioners. ..."

7. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1885)
"THE reform school OF WASHINGTON. BY HON. WB SNELL. The reform school of the District of Columbia was established by Act of Congress upon the "family system ..."

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