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Barrett Juvenile Correctional Center

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  • Virginia Industrial Home School for Colored Girls.jpg

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Background

The Barrett Juvenile Correctional Center, also known as the Barrett Learning Center and originally as the Virginia Industrial Home School for Wayward Colored Girls and then the Virginia Industrial Home School for Colored Girls, was a residential industrial school and later a juvenile correctional facility operated by the state of Virginia near Mechanicsville, Virginia. The facility was founded in 1915 as a facility for African-American girls who otherwise faced prison.

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Death-row facility

No

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Practical info

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Contact & address

11391 Barrett Center Road

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22%

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