What punishments were imposed on juvenile offenders a century and a half ago (13 photos)

At the moment, issues with juvenile delinquents are resolved very carefully - violating the rights of a child costs a lot. But a century and a half ago, children were not treated with much ceremony - they were sent to correctional labor or to prison (it’s hard to say which was worse at that time). All these photographs were taken between December 1871 and December 1873.

1. 14-year-old Henry Miller was accused of stealing clothes and sentenced to 14 days of hard labor.

2. Mary Catherine Dougherty was sentenced to seven days' hard labor after she was caught stealing an iron. Her accomplices, Mary Hinnigan, Ellen Woodman and Rosanna Watson, received the same punishment.

3. 12-year-old Henry Leonard Stevenson was arrested on charges of trespassing. He was sentenced to two months in prison.

4. After stealing the vest, Anne Burns was sentenced to a month in prison. She was 18.

5. 17-year-old Katherine Kelly was found guilty of stealing bed linen, for which she received a 3-month sentence.

6. 19-year-old cabinetmaker David Barron was arrested and sentenced to 6 months in prison for stealing champagne.

7. Michael Clement Fisher and his accomplice were 13 years old when they were arrested and sentenced to 2 months in prison for trespassing.

8. Robert Charlton went to prison for 4 months for stealing a pair of boots.

9. James Scullion, 13, was sentenced to two weeks' community service for stealing clothes. Afterwards he was sent to a reform school for three years.

10. 15-year-old Margaret Kosh was convicted of stealing a coat. Considering that this was her first crime, she was sentenced to two months of correctional labor.

11. John Park was convicted of stealing a violin. Considering that he had no previous arrests, he was sentenced to a month of correctional labor.

12. 15-year-old Richard Rammington was convicted of stealing a pipe from a shop and had to serve 14 days, but his parents paid for the damage and the boy was released.

13. 12-year-old Jane Farrell stole a pair of shoes, for which she was sentenced to 10 days of correctional labor.