noun
- institutions for the detention and rehabilitation of young offenders
Usage: plural of reformatory
Examples
- The state operates several reformatories for juvenile offenders.
- Many reformatories focus on education and job training programs.
- Conditions in some reformatories have improved significantly over the decades.
- The judge sentenced the teenager to two years in one of the local reformatories.
- Modern reformatories emphasize rehabilitation over punishment.
- Several reformatories were closed due to budget cuts.