Inside abandoned youth prison where teenage boys were involuntarily sterilised

Inside abandoned youth prison where teenage boys were involuntarily sterilised

A photographer has revealed the creepy interior of a former juvenile correction centre that once forced a group of six teenage boys to have vasectomies.

Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Centre is a juvenile correction facility located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, which has a dark history involving the mistreatment of inmates.

The prison, named after Confederate General Stonewall Jackson, was established in 1907, for the rehabilitation of young white boys, away from adult inmates who had committed more serious crimes and was considered a progressive institution.

The incarcerated youths were often there for minor issues including school truancy and were housed in dormitory-style housing.

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