感かん化か院いん

noun

reformatory; reform school

A facility for the correction and education of juvenile delinquents. This term is somewhat dated; modern usage often prefers 少年院 (shounen'in) for juvenile correctional facilities.

• 彼かれは若わかい頃ころ、感かん化か院いんに入はいっていた。

  He was in a reformatory when he was young.