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Originally Posted by cashman
Very rarely was anyone under 17 sent to Borstal, Though i have known odd uns at 16 n 15 but no younger n that. Can remember a lad of 12 i think it was from gateshead who got life fer stabbing a copper, he was put in approved school first n then moved to borstal as he got older think that was 17.
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Just had a look on the Web it seems Borstal was for youths between 16 and 21 Cashy, were abolished, in 1982 and replaced with youth detention centres