| Organization name | Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents |
| Other names | House of Refuge |
| Date founded | 1824 |
| Org type | review |
| Bio notes | This philanthropic New York organization, incorporated in 1824 and opened a year later, pulled most of its founding members from the Society for the Prevention of Pauperism in New York City. It proposed housing juvenile offenders in a separate prison from older criminals with the hopes of reforming them through a mixed curriculum of schoolwork and manual labor. To this end, the Society obtained funding from the State, opened up a reformatory, and offered courts the option of committing young offenders to its private facility. In 1839 the reformatory moved to 23rd St on the East River. Its number of inmates increased. |
| Citations | http://www.nytimes.com/1860/01/23/news/our-city-charities-the-new-york-house-of-refuge-for-juvenile-delinquents.html?pagewanted=all; http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/almanac/economic_and_social_prosperity/1825_a_refuge_for_juvenile_delinquents |
Life of Thomas Eddy