National Training School for Boys
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The National Training School For Boys was a Federal Government Juvenile Correctional Institution located in what is now known as the Fort Lincoln
area of Washington, D.C.
Eugene Smith, in his book, Correction and Prevention, written in 1910 and published by Hastings Hornell Hart, (which is now in the public domain and has been digitized by Google), the NTSB, (The acronym used for this institution before the current National Transportation Safety Board adopted its use) was described as follows:
" This school is located at Washington, D.C. and is used for the confinement of male offenders against the laws of the United States who are under the age of seventeen years. There is a board of trustees which is authorized to make rules and regulations for the government of the school. The Members of the board are appointed by the President of the United States, upon the recommendation of the Attorney General. The board of trustees is authorized by law to release boys committed from the District of Columbia under certain conditions before their terms have expired. The power of the board to parole boys was extended to boys committed to the school by United States courts in any judicial district of the United States. The parole of this class is subject to the approval of the Attorney General."
Information concerning this former facility can also be found in the U.S. Code.
Charles Manson
was sent to the School in 1951.
Fort Lincoln
Fort Lincoln may refer to:*Fort Lincoln *Fort Abraham Lincoln, an old military post near Mandan, North Dakota, now a state park*Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, former military post and internment camp near Bismarck...
area of Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
Eugene Smith, in his book, Correction and Prevention, written in 1910 and published by Hastings Hornell Hart, (which is now in the public domain and has been digitized by Google), the NTSB, (The acronym used for this institution before the current National Transportation Safety Board adopted its use) was described as follows:
" This school is located at Washington, D.C. and is used for the confinement of male offenders against the laws of the United States who are under the age of seventeen years. There is a board of trustees which is authorized to make rules and regulations for the government of the school. The Members of the board are appointed by the President of the United States, upon the recommendation of the Attorney General. The board of trustees is authorized by law to release boys committed from the District of Columbia under certain conditions before their terms have expired. The power of the board to parole boys was extended to boys committed to the school by United States courts in any judicial district of the United States. The parole of this class is subject to the approval of the Attorney General."
Information concerning this former facility can also be found in the U.S. Code.
Charles Manson
Charles Manson
Charles Milles Manson is an American criminal who led what became known as the Manson Family, a quasi-commune that arose in California in the late 1960s. He was found guilty of conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders carried out by members of the group at his instruction...
was sent to the School in 1951.