7 min

Borstal Boys Introduction A Story of Redemption Mr. David Clarke

    • Philosophy

Borstal Boys Introduction and outline.Borstal training was introduced in Britain towards the end of 1800 and was planned to deal with its criminal youth and to assist in rehabilitation.This story tells of two borstal boys who graduated from Her Majesties Detention in the late 1960s. Borstal Training was abolished in 1982.Borstal Boys was presented as a short at Titchfield Festival Theatre in 2018 and introduced the story of Michael and David Clarke who were Borstal Graduates It was intended to show that whilst these boys deserved their prison sentence training it did them no good. They came out of Borstal worse than ever and more able and determined to live as they pleased, without regard to society.

Borstal Boys Introduction and outline.Borstal training was introduced in Britain towards the end of 1800 and was planned to deal with its criminal youth and to assist in rehabilitation.This story tells of two borstal boys who graduated from Her Majesties Detention in the late 1960s. Borstal Training was abolished in 1982.Borstal Boys was presented as a short at Titchfield Festival Theatre in 2018 and introduced the story of Michael and David Clarke who were Borstal Graduates It was intended to show that whilst these boys deserved their prison sentence training it did them no good. They came out of Borstal worse than ever and more able and determined to live as they pleased, without regard to society.

7 min