In 1902, Harry C. Sharp, the surgeon at the Indiana Reformatory, reported that he had sterilized 42 inmates, in an effort to both reduce criminal behavior in those individuals and prevent the birth of future criminals.
1902年時Indiana Reformatory監獄的外科醫師Harry C. Sharp報告說他為42名罪犯進行結紮，一方便可以減少這些罪犯的犯罪行為，也可以預防他們所生的兒女在未來成為罪犯。