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In 1870, Long Lane School was built on donated land in [[Middletown, Connecticut|Middletown]].<ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Leavitt |first1=Sarah A. |title=Neglected, Vagrant, and Viciously Inclined: The Girls of the Connecticut Industrial School, 1867–1917 |date=1992 |type=BA thesis |publisher=Wesleyan University |doi=10.14418/wes01.1.467 |url=https://digitalcollections.wesleyan.edu/object/ir-195 |language=en}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=March 2023}} However, it became the [[Connecticut Juvenile Training School]] (CJTS) in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cslib.org/agencies/longlaneschool.htm |title=Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies: Long Lane School |access-date=6 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912014239/http://www.cslib.org/agencies/LongLaneSchool.htm |archive-date=12 September 2012 }}</ref> CJTS is a treatment facility dedicated to delinquent boys from age 12–17.<ref name="ct.gov">{{cite web|url=http://www.ct.gov/dcf/cwp/view.asp?a%3D2550%26q%3D314444#CJTS |title=DCF: Juvenile Services |access-date=6 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015175448/http://www.ct.gov/dcf/cwp/view.asp?a=2550&q=314444 |archive-date=15 October 2012 }}</ref> There have been numerous controversies and scandals associated with CJTS between 1998–2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.courant.com/2005-08-02/news/0508020086_1_smaller-regional-facilities-state-s-juvenile-justice-system-attorney-general-richard-blumenthal/2|title=A Chronology of Failure A Brief History of the Connecticut Juvenile Training School|work=tribunedigital-thecourant|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20120907093127/http://articles.courant.com/2005-08-02/news/0508020086_1_smaller-regional-facilities-state-s-juvenile-justice-system-attorney-general-richard-blumenthal/2|archive-date=7 September 2012}}</ref> In 2005, [[List of Governors of Connecticut|Governor]] [[Jodi Rell]] attempted to close the facility, but it was instead reformed in 2008 by [[Child Protective Services|The Department of Children & Families]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Hu0gAAAAIBAJ&pg=4718,187945&dq=juvenile+training+school+change&hl=en|title=The Day - Google News Archive Search|work=google.com}}</ref> The new CJTS features a therapeutic model which was developed with assistance from The [[Boys & Girls Clubs of America]].<ref name="ct.gov"/> The school was shut down without replacement in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Press Staff |first1=Middletown |title=State closes Connecticut Juvenile Training School in Middletown |url=http://www.connecticutmag.com/state-closes-connecticut-juvenile-training-school-in-middletown/article_346192c6-3f4c-11e8-bc43-236889be5bec.html |website=connecticutmag.com |publisher=Connecticut Magazine |access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref>