Youth Prison Establishment Dates
1825 New York House of Refuge, Randall’s Island, NY
1826 Philadelphia House of Refuge, Philadelphia, PA
1826 Boston House of Refuge, Boston, MA
1830 House of Refuge, Baltimore, MD
1847 Lyman School for Boys, Westborough, MA
1847 House of Refuge, New Orleans, LA
1849 House of Refuge in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
1849 Western House of Refuge, Rochester, NY
1850 Providence Reform School, Providence, RI
1852 New Hampshire State Reform School, Manchester, NH
1853 Long Creek Youth Development Center, 675 Westbrook Street, South Portland, ME
1854 Lancaster School for Girls, Lancaster, MA
1854 Pennsylvania Reform School, Allegheny, PA
1854 House of Refuge, St. Louis, MO
1854 State reform school, West Meridian, CT
1856 Ohio Reform Farm, Lancaster, OH
1856 State Reform School, Lansing, MI
1857 House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents, Waukesha, WI
1865 Vermont Reform School, Waterbury, VT
1865 Louisville House of Refuge, Louisville, KY
1867 New Jersey Training School, Grace Hill Road, Monroe Township, NJ
1868 Eldora State Training School for Boys, 3211 West Edgington, Eldora, IA
1868 State Reform School for Girls, Salem, IA
1868 Girls Industrial School, Delaware, OH
1868 House of Refuge, Indianapolis, IN
1870 House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Boys, Cheltenham, MD
1870 Industrial School for Girls, Middletown, CT
1870 Reform School, Washington, DC
1871 State Reform School, Pontiac, IL
1871 State Industrial School for Girls, Trenton, NJ
1876 Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls, Oregon, WI
1878 Reformatory (for girls), Indianapolis, IN
1879 Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center — Kearney, 2802 30th Avenue, Kearney, NE
1879 Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex, 1430 N.W. 25th Street, Topeka, KS
1880 Oaklawn School for Girls, Cranston, RI
1881 Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center, 2901 Ford Street, Golden, CO
1881 Green Hill School, 375 S.W. 11th Street, Chehalis, WA
1881 Sockanosset Boys Training School, Cranston, RI
1885 Ferris School for Boys, Wilmington, DE
1886 South Dakota Reform School, Plankinton, SD
1887 Missouri State Training School for Boys, Boonville, MO
1888 Logansport Juvenile Correctional Facility, 1118 South State Road 25, Logansport, IN
1889 Whittier State School, Whittier, CA
1890 Beaumont Juvenile Corrections Center, 3500 Beaumont Road, Beaumont, VA
1891 Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Center — Geneva, 855 North 1st Street, Geneva, NE
1891 MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility, 2630 North Pacific Highway, Woodburn, OR
1892 The House of the Good Shepherd for Colored Girls, Baltimore, MD
1893 The District of Columbia’s Reform School for Girls, Washington, DC
1893 Pine Hills Youth Correctional Facility, 4 North Haynes Avenue, Miles City, MT
1894 Johnstone Campus, Burlington Street, Bordentown, NJ
1894 Oakley Youth Development Center, 22375 Oakley Road, Raymond, MS
1897 Florida State Reform School, Marianna, FL
1899 Vacca Campus, 8950 Roebuck Blvd., Birmingham, AL
1899 Minnesota Correctional Facility — Red Wing, 1079 Highway 292, Red Wing, MN
1899 The Utah Territorial Reform School, Ogden, UT
1899 Kentucky House of Reform, Lexington, KY
1903 North Dakota Youth Correctional Center, 701 16th Ave SW, Mandan, ND
1903 Juvenile Corrections Center-St. Anthony, 2220 East 600 North, St. Anthony, ID
1904 Swanson Center for Youth at Monroe, 4701 South Grand Street, Monroe, LA
1904 Illinois Youth Center — St. Charles, 3825 Campton Hills Road, St. Charles, IL
1905 Arkansas Juvenile Assessment and Treatment Center, 1501 Woody Drive, Bryant, AR
1905 Georgia State Reformatory, Milledgeville, GA
1906 The Colored Waif’s Home in New Orleans, LA
1907 South Carolina Industrial School for Boys, Florence, SC
1907 South Carolina Reformatory for Colored Boys, Columbia, SC
1907 Pauls Valley State School, Pauls Valley, OK
1907 Stonewall Jackson Training School, Concord, NC
1909 Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Center, 850 Holshouser Road, Concord, NC
1910 Bon Air Juvenile Corrections Center, 1900 Chatsworth Avenue, Richmond, VA
1910 Madison Juvenile Correctional Facility, 1130 MSH 4th Street, Madison, IN
1911 Mt. Meigs Campus, 1000 Industrial School Road, Mt. Meigs, AL
1911 TN State Training School, Jordonia, TN
1912 State Industrial School for Wayward Boys and Girls, Fort Grant, AZ
1912 Taft Youth Development Center, Pikeville, TN
1913 Nevada Youth Training Center, 100 Youth Center Road, Elko, NV
1915 Florida Industrial School for Girls, Ocala, FL
1915 Wyoming Boys School, 1550 US-20, Worland, WY
1916 Gainesville State School, 1379 FM 678, Gainesville, TX
1917 Oklahoma State Industrial School for Girls, Tecumseh, OK
1917 Oklahoma State Training Schools for Incorrigible Negro Girls, Taft, OK
1918 South Carolina Industrial School for Girls, Columbia, SC
1919 Lakin Industrial School for Colored Boys, WV
1923 TN Vocational School for Colored Girls, Nashville, TN
1923 Wyoming Girls School, Sheridan, WY
1923 State Training School for Negro Boys, Hoffman, NC
1924 State Industrial School for Colored Girls, WV
1924 Oklahoma State Training School for Incorrible Negro Boys, Boley, OK
Prepared by Liz Ryan, Youth First Initiative. February 10, 2020.
