Definition of "reformatories" [reformatories]

• Plural form of reformatory. (noun)

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• "A nine-year government inquiry investigated a sixty-year period when more than 35,000 children were placed in a network of "reformatories," "industrial schools," and "workhouses.""
• "A nine-year government inquiry investigated a sixty-year period when more than 35,000 children were placed in a network of "reformatories,""industrial schools," and "workhouses.""
• "A nine-year government inquiry investigated a sixty-year period when more than 35,000 children were placed in a network of "reformatories,""industrial schools" and "workhouses.""