Some adolescents who have been placed in or oriented towards an institution present violent actings inside it. Rather than considering that they are not suited for any institution, we will show that an original rejection in their history prevents them from living inside an institution. Though history did not have a warm welcome in store for them, the institution can get the welcoming dimension working again as a therapeutic act.

Adolescence, 2021, 39, 2, 353-365.