noun. a British reform school for youths between 16 and 22.

noun. Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983.

noun. Any institution which provides education to young offenders.

noun. formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison

"We always had bad lads, and a few bad girls, we used to put them in borstal for a short sharp shock."

reform school  reformatory  training school  

POW camp  bastille  black hole  borstal institution  borstal school