borstal
noun/ˈbɔːstl/
/ˈbɔːrstl/
[countable, uncountable]- (in the UK in the past) a type of prison for young criminals see also youth custodyTopics Crime and punishmentc2Word Originearly 20th cent.: named after the village of Borstal in southern England, where the first of these was established.
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