Kansas Industrial School for Girls

[5] This allowed the girls to have a greater amount of freedom while staying under the careful watch of the officer in charge.

[6] In 1919, an investigation into the management of the school occurred after two students tried to escape after an unsuccessful attempt to burn one of the buildings.

[7] In December 1945, the school's Administration Building, which had housed employee apartments, girls' dorms, offices, and the chapel, was lost to a fire.

[10] A TV special was made about the school entitled "Beloit--Girls with Hope" which was directed by Charles G. Gardiner and aired on KTVH.

[12] The girl would then be separated from her parents, given an interview, and then be settled into one of the three first-level admissions cottages, where they would stay for nine to twelve months.

[12] After that initial time period, in which girls would receive various medical, psychological, and educational tests, they would be moved to the Grandview second-level cottage, where they would begin evaluations to be released home.

[14] This celebration included a ribbon cutting, a presentation of the center's history, and a speech by the then-current president of the Kansas Women's Christian Temperance Union.

[14] The Youth Center also hosted the annual Women's Christian Temperance Union's state convention in September of that same year.

[14] The center's name officially changed for the last time to The Beloit Juvenile Correctional Facility on July 1, 1997.

[15] The facility also switched state governing agencies from the Child Welfare System to the Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority at this time.

[16] The Beloit Juvenile Correctional Facility was closed by the state in 2009 due to its decreasing need and high cost.

[20] Girls from the third through the ninth grade were taught subjects such as reading, arithmetic, history, English, physiology, and home nursing.

[21] This report details the treatments used by the school including room confinement and security and seclusion control.

[24] Lula Coyner, the superintendent of the school from 1926 to 1936, cited venereal diseases and other physical and mental illnesses as the deciding factor in these sterilizations.