il riformatorio

juvenile detention center, reform school

ri again or back (re-) + form to form, to shape + atorio relating to or serving as a place, process, or requirement
noun · masculine Rare #24,593
juvenile detention center, reform school A facility for young people who have committed an offense.
IT: Il ragazzo è in riformatorio.
EN: The boy is in a juvenile detention center.

Così non finisce in riformatorio.

So he doesn't end up in reform school.

— Central do Brasil (1998)

Ho sentito che andrà in riformatorio.

I heard he’s going to a juvenile detention center.

— Moonrise Kingdom - Una fuga d'amore (2012)

Hanno detto che mi mettono al riformatorio.

They said they're putting me in reform school.

— I 400 colpi (1959)

Il ragazzo era stato rimandato al riformatorio.

The boy had been sent back to reform school.

— Les choristes - I ragazzi del coro (2004)

Due anni in riformatorio femminile.

Two years in a women's reformatory.

— Malcolm X (1992)

Non sai cos'è un riformatorio?

Don't you know what a reform school is?

— I 400 colpi (1959)

Lo chiamavano riformatorio.

They called it a reform school.

— Picnic (1955)

I bambini andranno in un riformatorio di Stato.

The children will be sent to a state reform school.

— Le vite degli altri (2006)

Al riformatorio di Glueckstadt.

At the Glueckstadt reformatory.

— La banda Baader Meinhof (2008)

Cos'è il riformatorio?

What is a reform school?

— I 400 colpi (1959)

Dal riformatorio.

From the reformatory.

— La banda Baader Meinhof (2008)

Quelli del riformatorio di Glueckstadt.

Those of the Glueckstadt reformatory.

— La banda Baader Meinhof (2008)