(historical) Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983.
(historical) Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983.
: You have juvenile courts. Do you have borstal institutions for juveniles?
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(British, legal, historical) The sentencing of young offenders to a special prison.
(UK, historical) A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work.
(UK, slang, obsolete, historical) Bridewell Prison in London.
(British, Ireland) Any institution which provides education to young offenders.
Seven years ago, I was sent to borstal. Slithering around in the societal sludge, I was forced to admit I'd made a huge mistake – committing robbery.
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(UK) A way up a hill in the South Downs.
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