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Young Offender Institutions were introduced under the Criminal Justice Act 1988, but secure institutions specifically intended for young offenders have existed since the beginning of the 20th century: the first borstal opened at Borstal, Kent in 1902. [1] The regime of a Young Offender Institution is similar to that of an adult prison.
The court sentence was officially called "borstal training". Borstals were originally for offenders under 21, but in the 1930s the maximum age was increased to 23. The Criminal Justice Act 1982 abolished the borstal system in the UK, replacing borstals with youth custody centres. In India, borstal schools are used for the imprisonment of minors ...
Formerly a Naval Base, HMS Ceres, Wetherby was introduced into the Prison System in 1958 as a Borstal. [3] [4] Since that time there have been many changes in its role from an open Youth Custody Centre, to a closed Youth Custody Centre, to its current role as a dedicated Male Juvenile Prison housing inmates aged between 15 and 17 years.
HMYOI Finnamore Wood was opened in 1961 as a Buckinghamshire open prison for young offenders (18- to 21-year-old males) serving their last 2–3 months before release. The camp was opened as a satellite camp for Feltham Borstal and later used as an annexe to HM Prison Huntercombe. The size and role of the camp meant that it was governed on a ...
The current institution was formed in 1991 as a result of a merger between Feltham Borstal and the Ashford Remand Centre. It is managed directly by His Majesty's Prison Service , rather than management being contracted out to a private firm.
Archaeological sites in Peru are numerous and diverse, representing different aspects including temples and fortresses of the various cultures of ancient Peru, such as the Moche and Nazca. The sites vary in importance from small local sites to UNESCO World Heritage sites of global importance. [ 1 ]
His Majesty's Young Offenders Institution Polmont is the largest young offender's institution in Scotland.It is located in the village of Reddingmuirhead.. HMP Polmont first opened as a Borstal in 1911 in the buildings of the former Blairlodge Academy.
Lanning, Edward P. (1967), Peru Before the Incas, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., ISBN 0-13-661595-3 Lavallée, Danièle (2000), The first South Americans: the peopling of a continent from the earliest evidence to high culture , Salt Lake City: University of Utah