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Black Loyalists in the American Revolution

Ohio State Reformatory childrens items the headless motorcyclist of theWhat started as an institution to reform young and non violent criminals became one of the most infamous prisons in American history. Before 1884, most first time offenders between the ages of 16 and 30 were housed in the Ohio Penitentiary, where they were likely to be influenced by hardened criminals. That changed when the Ohio Legislature approved the building of a reformatory, a new type of institution that would educate and train these young men.