borstal

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"It was more like Lord of the Flies or Borstal," she said, adding that every girl there had a machete, in order to cut the grass.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

“We know Ron is struggling,” said Lamonde, of the Borstal Boys.

From Washington Times • Mar. 20, 2021

An angry young man runs cross country on his own terms at the British reform school Borstal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2020

Eventually the actors came up with an idea for a film; something about the lives they led and a lad they'd known who broke out of Borstal.

From The Guardian • Jun. 3, 2010

Up on the stage with Gilbert Swinyard's dad were Gwendolin Bendincks, the vicar's wife, and Kit Harris, the Borstal teacher, who lives up the bridleway with his dogs.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell