Oaklawn School for Girls: Juvenile Reform in Rhode Island

by Kelly Sullivan Pezza

The Oaklawn School for Girls was born of the State of Rhode Island's desire to separate female juvenile delinquents from adult offenders. Housing female inmates, who were sentenced to the school for crimes such as prostitution, as well as petty misbehaviors, the school sought to make young ladies out of wayward youths. For some of the girls, it was the only safe and loving haven they had ever known. Many of the girls housed there had been abandoned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1634991834
• ISBN13: 9781634991834
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: America Through Time
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"