Workhouses

John Rollins at age six gets put into the St. Asif Union workhouse. The British government which was at the time conquering big chunks of the world and stealing their shit did not like the the idea of taking care of their own poor people. So they had workhouses and these provided basic necessities but they did so while treating the inmates as if they are prisoners because they were considered to be basically criminal for needing assistance um so it's it's a child prison for poor kids.