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The definition of a reformatory is a correctional institute for children under 18 who are convicted of crimes where they receive discipline and training instead of punishment.

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When kids commit a crime and are sent to a locked institutional facility where they are to be rehabilitated this is an example of a reformatory.

See reformatory in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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adjective

reforming or aiming at reform

noun pl. reformatories

an institution to which young offenders convicted of lesser crimes are sent for training and discipline intended to reform rather than punish them
a penitentiary for women

See reformatory in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. re·for·ma·to·ries

A penal institution for the discipline, reformation, and training of young or first offenders. Also called reform school.

adjective

Reformative.

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