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A Borstal was the 1900's answer to the young offenders of society. It was an institute where education and physical exercise were compulsory and so was work. Routine was key to the running of this place and it taught the males the meaning of a hard days work. When Borstals were in force 7 out of 10 of the offenders never went on to offend ever again in their life, a truly astounding figure when today nearly 73% of young offenders reoffend within twelve months. So what is going so massively wrong for these figures to be so different when we are currently in an expanding world? I am not saying that these Borstals weren't damaging for the boys who were imprisoned here but surely it cannot be worse than the offenders victims lives after they are released for their crimes and simply choose to not change and then go on to damage more peoples lives. We have a duty within society to allow people to be the best they can be and the current correctional and judiciary system clearly is not allowing this or ensuring that this happens.
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| Rule, pictured left, chooses to leave the Borstal after days of being part of the experiment. Yet it is revealed that he does not return to his cannabis, which is his parting word to the camera, instead he starts working in landscape gardening. This being a profession that he first encountered in his days at the Borstal. Also see the Kearney brothers pictured also who have both spent time imprisoned for their crime, see more of their story below. |
What truly moved me was an inmate who was imprisoned with his brother for their crime of bodily harm, using golf clubs as their weapon of choice. The older brother served two years in an adult jail and his first child was born whilst he was serving his time. You would think this in itself would be enough to give you a reason to change but still he finds himself being verbally abusive to the matron in residence and destroying the property resulting in him being placed in isolation for his actions. This in itself does not seem like tear inducing footage but then you see him playing rugby as part of a team and actually taking a hard hitting tackle with grace. At the end of the game he even asks his teammates to applaud the opposition and he is the first to shake hands with the other men. This person could not be further from the young boy we are presented with at the start of the show and this was only a week after entering the experiment. What kind of difference could be made in a month or six weeks? It's truly remarkable and I cannot wait for this weeks episode!
I say Bring Back Borstal and change the lives of young offenders and their victims for good.
Love Liv x
- Bring Back Bortal is on ITV Thursday at 9pm and catch last weeks episode on demand here https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/bring-back-borstal
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