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π "If you are naughty, you will get sent to the borstal!". Did anyone's parents say that to them when they were younger?
A "borstal" was a type of young offenders' prison in the UK. Most of them closed down in the 1960s/70s.
Similar to a penitentiary, the emphasis was on education rather than punishment. In reality, they were often violent and oppressive.
Self-portrait inside an abandoned borstal in Northern Ireland.
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