892. Fulton

Fulton is a three-masted schooner built in 1914 and also the name of a behavior modification program established in 1970 by Mogens Frohn Nielsen. The purpose was to change the behavior of at-risk teenage boys by letting them work at sea.

Unfortunately corporal punishment was used and this had been outlawed some years before leading the the firing of Nielsen in 1987. The program was slightly changed and continued under new management until it went bankrupted in 2013. Today the ship is still sailing run by another foundation.

It could not have been fun to be there as a teenager exposed to beatings and other forms of corporal punishment.

Sources:

• Drengen, der altid var alene (Avisen.dk – article in Danish language)
• Unge mennesker under 15 år vil være kriminelle (Superdebat.dk – text in Danish language)
• Postgaarden i forandring (Fyens Stiftstidende)