Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide : NPR

While there, the boys were forced to work without food and disciplined by white guards with a "brass-studded belt," according to a report from the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services. In the 1920s, the boys were leased to neighboring farms, with the institution taking most, if not all, of their pay. They were also forced to work in the reformatory's broom factory in conditions described by Baltimore City labor union investigators in 1926 as a "firetrap," according to the report…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5986124/over-1-000-children-are-buried-at-juvenile-detention-centers-nationwide