What did Victorians do with Bad Boys? (Floating Ships of Detention)

Victorian bad boys were sent to detention on old ships for discipline and training. These ships sound worse than the schools they ran away from - more lessons, drill and military training to prepare boys for a life at sea - and some, according to the journalist you will hear today, came off the ships reformed and prepared for the army, navy or merchant service.
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CC BY- Early 20th Century Sailors by Per Jorgensen; Swimming baths of the training ship Indefatigable by Wellcome Collection
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