borstal

Example Sentences

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Smith, an inmate at a young offenders’ institution, finds running a source of strength and a matter of principle, refusing to cross the finish line and glorify the borstal’s governor.

From The Guardian

By 16, he was on his way to borstal for assaulting the police.

From The Guardian

I think someone must have kicked off that I was in a borstal.

From BBC

He described the barracks as "akin to a 1960s corporate borstal".

From BBC

We learn something too of the uneasy coexistence between the borstal’s white and black inmates, even if the latter tend to remain on the periphery of the drama.

From Los Angeles Times