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Why was the New York house of refuge established

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because people needed a place to live.

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To provide wayward and relocated youth a station to go to study how to behave morally.

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The primary juvenile reformatory founded in the United States of America is known as the New York House of Refuge. It was opened in the year 1824 in the New York City, more particularly in Bowery in Manhattan. It was founded to provide wayward and relocated youth a station to go to study how to behave morally.

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