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What is Borstal?

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jsfroude | 13:26 Mon 09th Oct 2006 | People & Places
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Is Borstal an actual place or the generic name for old young offenders units? And why is it such a well known name?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borstal
13:29 Mon 09th Oct 2006
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I always thaught "Borstal" was any institute for young offenders and not just the name of one particular place.
My brother and his friend went to Borstal as kids. The friend cried himself to sleep every night but my brother said he quiet enjoyed it.
15:49 Mon 09th Oct 2006
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As the Wikipedia entry suggests but doesn't directly state it's both. The first "Borstal" was in the Kent village of Borstal but it has since become a generic term of a young offenders institue.
17:56 Mon 09th Oct 2006

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