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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 ...
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.
[3] [4] Proposals made to distance HMP Feltham from its reputation included a renaming such as to 'HMP Bedfont Lakes'; receiving scant support. [5] The site falls in the parish (and thus historic civil parish) of Feltham, rather than Bedfont. [6] An inspection by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons was made in May 2005. The 2005 Report highlighted ...
Archaeologists say they’ve uncovered less than 10% of the site’s extensive paintings.
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.
The Bora have an elaborate knowledge of the plant life of the surrounding rainforest. Like other indigenous peoples of the Peruvian Amazon, such as the Urarina, [2] plants, especially trees, hold a complex and important interest for the Bora. [citation needed] Bows and arrows are the main weapons of the Bora culture used in person to person ...