Virtually every day I drive past what we used to call a reform school. It is the New Hampshire Juvenile Detention Center. It is actually located on a beautiful site on the Merrimack River. But this is not about justice, or rehabilitation, it is about the weakening of our language. The institution is being expanded and they have a sign out by the road giving credit to the various politicians who are responsible. I have never gotten past reading the tile because I am alternately amused and discouraged. The sign “reads ‘Architecturally Secure Facility For Juveniles”. I think if I were ever arrested I will just tell people that I was travelling to an Architecturally Secure Facility. This is right up there with ‘attitudinally challenged’ for short, but it is not as dangerous as ‘collateral damage’ for dead women and children.