borstal in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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He was caught obtaining credit by fraud, and six months later was sent to a borstal for housebreaking and forgery.
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At the age of 12 he was sent to a borstal for theft.
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The borstal continued in the buildings until the 1980s, when gradually the structures of the building were rebuilt or refurbished.
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The borstal mark has been considered a status symbol among some criminals.
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In 1947, the castle was refurbished and became a borstal, then a young offenders' institution before becoming an open prison for adult male prisoners.
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The court sentence was officially called borstal training.
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The end result was the hobcart, which when it was first made, was produced at a local borstal.
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Staple candidly describes how he slipped into a life of crime, eventually resulting in his conviction for burglary and a period in borstal.
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A boy's period in a borstal for robbing a bakery is recounted.
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It retained that role until 1922 when it closed, reopening in 1939 as a borstal.
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