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Entrance to The Grove Prison Built in 1848, operated as an adult prison from 1848; a Borstal from 1921; and a Young Offenders Institution (HMYOI Portland) from 1988. Young Offender Institutions were introduced under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 , but secure institutions specifically intended for young offenders have existed since the beginning ...
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 ...
Built in 1848, it operated as an adult prison from 1848, a borstal from 1921, and a young offenders institution from 1988. A borstal was a type of youth detention centre in the United Kingdom, several member states of the Commonwealth and the Republic of Ireland. In India, such a detention centre is known as a borstal school.
In 1921 the prison was converted into a Borstal. [12] Between 1931 and 1935, the Borstal Boys transformed a disused convict quarry into a sports stadium at the back of St. Peter's Church. [13] The first sports day took place on 1 August 1936, [14] while the last event spectated by the public was the Foundation Day Sports event of 1975. [15]
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.
This is a chart of cultural periods of Peru and the Andean Region developed by John Rowe and Edward Lanning and used by some archaeologists studying the area. An alternative dating system was developed by Luis Lumbreras and provides different dates for some archaeological finds.
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.
HM Prison Rochester (formerly known as Borstal Convict Prison and Borstal Institution) is a male Young Offenders Institution, founded in 1874, and located in the Borstal area of Rochester in Kent, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and is located next to HMP Cookham Wood.