young offender institution

noun

1. Former names: borstal.  youth custody centre. (in Britain) a place where offenders aged 15 to 21 may be detained and given training, instruction, and work

Example Sentences

Shah and Comrie will both be jailed while Ogunnubi-Sime was sent to a young offender institution.

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In the documentary, called Idris Elba: Our Knife Crime Crisis, the Hollywood star meets a 17-year-old boy at Feltham young offender institution who first began carrying a blade when he was 13.

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The younger boy, 15, appeared first by videolink from Feltham Young Offender Institution and spoke only to confirm his identity.

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At Nottingham Crown Court, Osaseri was sentenced to eight years in a young offender institution, after admitting wounding with intent, theft from a person, possession of a knife in a public place and possession of a Class B drug with intent to supply.

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James Greaves, 19, of Hatt in Cornwall, was sentenced to three and a half years in a young offender institution with Taylor Rowsell, 18, of Rosebery Road in Exmouth, Devon handed a two year sentence.

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