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borstal
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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 Since the Criminal Justice Act 1982, they have been replaced by youth custody centres (now known as young offender institutions)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
[named after Borstal, village in Kent where the first institution was founded]
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Noun1.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
Translations
borstal [ˈbɔːstl]
A. N (Brit) → correccional m de menores
B. CPD borstal boy Njoven m delincuente(que ha pasado por el correccional)
borstal [ˈbɔːrstəl] n (British)maison f de correction
borstal
n (Brit old) → Jugendheim nt, → Besserungsanstalt f
borstal [ˈbɔːstl] n (Brit) → riformatorio


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But the birch could still be used to lash boys over the age of 12, while lengthy stretches in borstals were another option available to sentencing benches.
When parents are seen to fail, let us reinstate approved schools and borstals.
Another milestone came in 1982 when the Conservative's Criminal Justice Act scrapped borstals and replaced them with youth custody and detention centres.
 
 
 
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