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* ''Literature/{{Boot Camp|2007}}'' is set in Lake Harmony, an abusive camp for teens whose parents think their behavior is in need of correction. The camp is marketed as a "behavior-modification program" for severely troubled teens, but in fact they'll take anyone whose parents are rich enough to pay the tuition, ranging from actual delinquents to normal kids like Sarah and Pauly who [[WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent didn't turn out the way their parents wanted]]. Inmates are violently beaten, humiliated, and forced to spend weeks lying on their stomachs in an isolation room for minor acts of disobedience, and the only way to advance through the ranks and eventually graduate is to show total obedience to the program, which includes participating in the abuse of lower-ranking kids. Two years ago, a boy died of heatstroke during a PhysicalFitnessPunishment, but the adults responsible suffered no consequences.
* Humorously subverted in ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' where George and Harold were arrested for crimes that their [[EvilTwin evil twins]] committed. While they know their juvie cell isn't a LuxuryPrisonSuite, the living standards and treatment they're given is actually leaps and bounds better than what they've had to put up with in the SadistTeacher-filled school they've been attending. They're even fully allowed to continue making comics while serving their time!
* Humorously subverted in ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' where George and Harold were arrested for crimes that their [[EvilTwin evil twins]] committed. While they know their juvie cell isn't a LuxuryPrisonSuite, the living standards and treatment they're given is actually leaps and bounds better than what they've had to put up with in the SadistTeacher-filled school they've been attending. They're even fully allowed to continue making comics while serving their time!
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* Humorously subverted in ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' where George and Harold were arrested for crimes that their [[EvilTwin evil twins]] committed. While they know their juvie cell isn't a LuxuryPrisonSuite, the living standards and treatment they're given is actually leaps and bounds better than what they've had to put up with in the SadistTeacher-filled school they've been attending. They're even fully allowed to continue making comics while serving their time!
* ''Literature/BootCamp'' is set in Lake Harmony, an abusive camp for teens whose parents think their behavior is in need of correction. The camp is marketed as a "behavior-modification program" for severely troubled teens, but in fact they'll take anyone whose parents are rich enough to pay the tuition, ranging from actual delinquents to normal kids like Sarah and Pauly who [[WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent didn't turn out the way their parents wanted]]. Inmates are violently beaten, humiliated, and forced to spend weeks lying on their stomachs in an isolation room for minor acts of disobedience, and the only way to advance through the ranks and eventually graduate is to show total obedience to the program, which includes participating in the abuse of lower-ranking kids. Two years ago, a boy died of heatstroke during a PhysicalFitnessPunishment, but the adults responsible suffered no consequences.
* ''Literature/BootCamp'' is set in Lake Harmony, an abusive camp for teens whose parents think their behavior is in need of correction. The camp is marketed as a "behavior-modification program" for severely troubled teens, but in fact they'll take anyone whose parents are rich enough to pay the tuition, ranging from actual delinquents to normal kids like Sarah and Pauly who [[WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent didn't turn out the way their parents wanted]]. Inmates are violently beaten, humiliated, and forced to spend weeks lying on their stomachs in an isolation room for minor acts of disobedience, and the only way to advance through the ranks and eventually graduate is to show total obedience to the program, which includes participating in the abuse of lower-ranking kids. Two years ago, a boy died of heatstroke during a PhysicalFitnessPunishment, but the adults responsible suffered no consequences.
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* ''Series/NightGallery'': This is the real twist of the episode "The Academy" - the titular school which advertises itself as a MilitarySchool is actually a prison in everything but name, and not only houses actual juvenile criminals, but also "troubled" kids who's parents essentially leave them there to rot. Oh, and there's no graduation or release program, it's implied they're all in there for life, as one particular student who's manning the gate has been there since he was a teenager and is currently ''55!'' [[ParentalAbandonment The main character decides this place is perfect place to dump his rebellious son at.]]
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** In "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000", Cartman is accused of attacking Token for being black and is sent to juvenile hall, where he becomes the prison bitch of a tough kid called Romper Stomper. This episode is almost a perfect example of the trope, and is practically the TropeCodifier.
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** In "Cartman's Silly Hate Crime 2000", Cartman is accused of attacking Token for being black (while Cartman ''is'' racist, this particular incident was unrelated) and is sent to juvenile hall, where he becomes the prison bitch of a tough kid called Romper Stomper. It's not a light sentence either, Cartman is stuck in there until he's 21! This episode is almost a perfect example of the trope, and is practically the TropeCodifier.
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* ''Manga/RainbowNishaRokubouNoShichinin'': the series starts out as the disparate cast all arrive at Shonan Special Reformatory, a HellholePrison for young offenders, and at intake, are subject to a CreepyPhysical by Dr. Sasaki, who is later revealed to be a serial rapist.
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* ''Manga/RainbowNishaRokubouNoShichinin'': the series starts out as the disparate cast all arrive at Shonan Special Reformatory, a HellholePrison for young offenders, and at intake, are subject to a CreepyPhysical by Dr. Sasaki, who is later revealed to be a serial rapist.
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_Laundries_in_Ireland The Magdalene Laundries in Ireland]] were prisons in all but name, where "fallen women" could be sent, including young girls who had gotten pregnant out of wedlock in a time when abortion was illegal in Ireland. In subsequent years, the many abuses suffered by the inmates would become public, and mass graves of girls who died in captivity, including some whose deaths were never reported as well as dead newborns and infants from the pregnant inmates.
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* ''Literature/TheNickelBoys'' is about a terrifying juvenile reformatory, Nickel Academy in Florida, where African-American boys are subjected to brutal treatment--physical abuse, sexual abuse, and enough murder that there is a secret graveyard in the back of the complex. (Made more terrifying by the fact that the Nickel Academy is only a lightly fictionalized version of the RealLife [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_School_for_Boys Dozier School for Boys]].
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Compare DepartmentOfChildDisservices. See also OrphanageOfFear, which is pretty similar in how it plays out. For ''adult'' prisons that deal out unnecessarily harsh punishments, see the HellholePrison.
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Compare DepartmentOfChildDisservices. See also OrphanageOfFear, which is pretty similar in how it plays out.out, or BoardingSchoolOfHorrors, another similar trope. For ''adult'' prisons that deal out unnecessarily harsh punishments, see the HellholePrison.
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* ''Film/{{Bottoms}}'': Invoked. Rumors begin spreading that PJ and Josie spent time in juvie over the summer. They never publicly deny these rumors as they provide notoriety, and regularly build on them by describing the "hellish treatment" they experienced, such as ritual hazing, regular betting on fight clubs, and several near-death experiences.
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* ''Series/TheWire'': Baby Booking aka Boys Town has a fearsome reputation, although we don't really get to see it. Bodie escapes when he learns he'd be serving time mostly with kids from Washington DC who have a bitter rivalry with Baltimoreans, and Naymond begs Carver to be allowed to stay at the police station overnight instead of going to juvie, as he's heard ther is an ongoing gang war between the westside and eastside involving the use of PrisonRape as a weapon, which Carver admits is not untrue. Randy, in turn, ends up in a [[OrphanageOfFear Group Home]] where he is immediately robbed and beat down for being a snitch.
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* ''Literature/BootCamp'' is set in Lake Harmony, an abusive camp for teens whose parents think their behavior is in need of correction. The camp is marketed as a "behavior-modification program" for severely troubled teens, but in fact they'll take anyone whose parents are rich enough to pay the tuition, ranging from actual delinquents to normal kids like Sarah and Pauly who [[WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent didn't turn out the way their parents wanted]]. Inmates are violently beaten, humiliated, and forced to spend weeks lying on their stomachs in an isolation room for minor acts of disobedience, and the only way to advance through the ranks and eventually graduate is to show total obedience to the program, which includes participating in the abuse of lower-ranking kids. Two years ago, a boy died of heatstroke during a PhysicalFitnessPunishment, but the adults responsible suffered no consequences.
