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In the first half of the 20th century, the Department of Education in Ireland set up a system of ins...
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In the first half of the 20th century, the Department of Education in Ireland set up a system of institutional detention for thousands of the children of Ireland's poor, operated by the Catholic Church, that was to last up until the 1960s. Raftery (producer and director of the documentary on the same topic called States of Fear ) and O'Sullivan (social policy, Trinity College, Dublin) delve into the history of these "industrial schools," detailing the material deprivation, sexual and physical abuse, and neglect that the children suffered. Basing the material on both Department of Education documents and the personal recollections of people that were detained under the system, they look at the origins of the system and its eventual demise. Also explored are the efforts of the victims to gain some compensation for the experiences they suffered. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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