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borstal

(ˈbɔːstəl)
n
1. (Sociology) (formerly in Britain) an informal name for an establishment in which offenders aged 15 to 21 could be detained for corrective training. Since the Criminal Justice Act 1982, they have been replaced by youth custody centres (now known as young offender institutions)
2. (Sociology) (formerly) a similar establishment in Australia and New Zealand
[C20: named after Borstal, village in Kent where the first institution was founded]
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bor•stal

(ˈbɔr stəl)

n.
(in England) a school for delinquent boys; reformatory.
[1900–05; after Borstal, village in Kent, England]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. borstal - formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison
reform school, reformatory, training school - correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders
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Translations

borstal

[ˈbɔːstl]
A. N (Brit) → correccional m de menores
B. CPD borstal boy N → joven m delincuente (que ha pasado por el correccional)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

borstal

[ˈbɔːrstəl] n (British) → maison f de correction
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

borstal

n (Brit old) → Jugendheim nt, → Besserungsanstalt f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

borstal

[ˈbɔːstl] n (Brit) → riformatorio
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in periodicals archive ?
Sylvi Jane Wilhelmina Vaisanen-Glynn | They need to bring back borstals. They think they're untouchable because of their age, a stint in borstal would do them good.
Take action against the tram vandals
My experience was really positive but the public perception of Borstals was set in stone by the 1979 film Scum.
It's absurd that we take this kind of young man, lock him in a cell for 20 hours with a PlayStation and do nothing to challenge his behaviour. We need to learn from history and take what works; CRIME PROFESSOR BACKS BORSTAL
The locations comprise 15 state-run children's homes, 13 institutions run by Catholic Church orders, four borstals or training schools and three institutions run by Protestant denominations or voluntary bodies.
Justice cry for abused
There are more criminals in the jails and borstals of Britain today than ever before.
Minister tells of 'alarming' crime crisis; RETRO REPORT
If we need to open boot camps, borstals or approved schools, then soonest done soonest mended.
VENT YOUR SPLEEN
Maybe we should take a leaf out of their book and give criminals the punishment they deserve and maybe the old type Borstals for young offenders would be a good idea.
Let's give criminals their just desserts; Mailbag
When parents are seen to fail, let us reinstate approved schools and borstals. Let the Army Cadet Force, Sea Corps, the ATC, Boy's Brigade, Scouts and Guides provide role models and mentors.
Noddy claptrap
Man of The People Eamonn Holmes' plea for Borstals to be brought back attracted a pile of letters...
EAMONN'S BORSTAL PLEA STRIKES CHORD
My experience includes teaching former approved school students, whom have since become successful in the construction industry, examining for City and Guilds in such establishments as HM Borstals, serving too as an Army Cadet Force officer in one of HM Borstal establishments which achieved an 80 per cent success rate of non re-offending youngsters, being prepared adequately for the real world in every respect.
Letter: OPINION - Middle-class values; TEACHING
Perhaps things would change if we brought back the borstals and approved schools for persistent wrongdoers.
Letter: Your view - Put the boot in to ned culture
Rather than moan about more bobbies on the beat, Cllr Walker would do better to lobby our MPs to have the law changed so criminals are off the streets for longer and repeat youth offenders are locked away in such things as Borstals. If they are off the streets they cannot re-offend.
No one wants guilty verdict
Historians have differed about the place occupied by Borstals in the history of penology.
The `penal reformatory' that never was: proposals to establish Borstal training in New South Wales, 1900-1948

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