During the 1700s, the problem of children misbehaving became known as the “crimes and conditions of poor children”. By the 1800s, concerned citizens known as “child savers” united to protect the children and work on their behalf. Early in the century, the individuals were focused on establishing separate facilities for the youth; but later they became more focused on the creation of the first juvenile court. At the start of the movement, Black children were always excluded and treated differently. Around about 1819, group of individuals concerned about the poverty level and the predicaments of the youth in New York City formed the Society for the Prevention of Pauperism. Later, the Society for the Prevention of Pauperism became known as the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents.
In 1825, the first house of refuge was opened in New York City; the cities of Boston and Philadelphia soon followed and …show more content…
Massachusetts opened its first reform school for boys in 1847 and for girls in 1856. The reformatories and the houses of refuge differed in many ways. Firstly, the smaller buildings that were maintained were utilized and secondly, there was a better level of education being given to the delinquents. Most states outside of the South had reform schools for boys and girls by 1890. Just like the houses of refuge operated, reformatories did the same by excluding Blacks and just sending them to adult jails and prisons. Black youth outnumbered any other delinquents in these facilities and were always subjected to the most brutal form of punishment. It was then in 1873 the first separate reformatory for colored boys opened in Baltimore. The state of Virginia opened its first industrial home for “wayward colored girls” in 1915 and a facility for “wayward boys” in 1920. All of these reformatories were due in efforts of the child
In 1825, the first house of refuge was opened in New York City; the cities of Boston and Philadelphia soon followed and …show more content…
Massachusetts opened its first reform school for boys in 1847 and for girls in 1856. The reformatories and the houses of refuge differed in many ways. Firstly, the smaller buildings that were maintained were utilized and secondly, there was a better level of education being given to the delinquents. Most states outside of the South had reform schools for boys and girls by 1890. Just like the houses of refuge operated, reformatories did the same by excluding Blacks and just sending them to adult jails and prisons. Black youth outnumbered any other delinquents in these facilities and were always subjected to the most brutal form of punishment. It was then in 1873 the first separate reformatory for colored boys opened in Baltimore. The state of Virginia opened its first industrial home for “wayward colored girls” in 1915 and a facility for “wayward boys” in 1920. All of these reformatories were due in efforts of the child