Elizabeth Patterson as Miss Tuttle (reformatory matron)

Inez Courtney as Mazie (reformatory inmate)

Theresa Harris as Lily Mae Crippen (reformatory inmate)

The term reformatory (or reformatory school) was also commonly used during the 19th century throughout the United Kingdom in reference to penal facilities for children under the age of 14.

In contrast with the purely reformatory type prison instituted in Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia System introduced by the Quakers, the "Auburn System" modified the schedule of prayer, contemplation, and humane conditions with hard labor and work.