The word reform... means to remove doubt, to reclaim, to improve. It can also mean degrade and brutalize.
12 seconds sound clip from the Knock on Any Door movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:27:49.608 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Hey, your shirttail's hanging.
(Police siren wails, tires screech )
- The stolen car led Nick Romano and Jimmy to reform school.
- An island of outrage. Work and sleep and eat by command. Pray by command.
- Talk to your neighbor while you're eating, you're whipped until you bleed.
- Show up a minute late for an assembly, solitary confinement.
- Grab a smoke after hours, you wind up at a burlap party.
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