The First Juvenile Court in the United States

In 1912, a new superintendent for the facility ordered the banning of several forms of corporal punishment that had started in the late 1800s. Adam's outlawed pulling toes in which boys were forced to stand holding their toes with their hands indefinitely and busting in which they were made to stand with their arms held over their heads while the guard flogged them with a bat. The first juvenile court in the nation is in Chicago. And it's supposed to be a focused on rehabilitation from the start,. But Texas follows soon after their juvenile justice system from the start very openly is not about rehabilitation. They specifically say "We are here to punish kids"