The only Borstal school, a reformation centre meant for convicted youth in the age group of 18-21, in the state in Nizamabad is likely to be closed down due to a lack of inmates, making the ...

The Tamil Nadu police have initiated the process of notifying the Borstal school in the Puzhal prison complex as a special camp to accommodate the foreign attendees of an event conducted by ...

CHENNAI: The borstal school concept has outlived its purpose, and Tamil Nadu government must consider repealing the Borstal Schools Act, a five-judge bench of Madras high court has said.

A day after a teenage inmate scaled the wall and escaped from the borstal school in Puzhal, police found the boy loitering near Kasimedu on Wednesday. Chennai: A day after a teenage inmate scaled ...

CHENNAI: Ten inmates of , Borstal School, a juvenile home in Chennai, including one who was secured in connection with a murder case in Madurai, escaped after assaulting the wardens, late on ...

the judge can only sentence him to a four-year stay at a borstal, a rough-and-tumble reform school for juvenile boys. Headed by a warden (Michael York) who actually takes the "reform" part ...