A Home for Wayward Boys: The Early History of the Alabama Boys' Industrial School Robert C. Worstell like a story

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A Home for Wayward Boys: The Early History of the Alabama Boys' Industrial School Robert C. Worstell like a storyAs Elizabeth Johnston walked among the convicts in an Alabama prison mining camp, she was stunned to see teenage boys working alongside hardened criminals. As a result of that disturbing experience, she vowed to remove youngsters from such wretched conditions by establishing a home for wayward boys. With the support of women across the state, she persuaded the Alabama legislature to establish the Alabama Boys' Industrial School in 1900. After several