borstal
/ˈbɔːr.stəl/
noun
- A type of prison in the UK for young offenders, typically those aged 15 to 21.
- After his conviction, the teenager was sent to a borstal for two years.
- The old borstal has been closed and turned into a community center.
- Many reforms in the 1980s replaced borstals with youth detention centers.
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