reform school in English

noun
1
an institution to which youthful offenders are sent as an alternative to prison.
Ménard was sent to a Montreal reform school and when he reached adulthood he served in the Korean War.
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1. 3 words related to Borstal: reform school, reformatory, training school

2. Lucky Luke sent me to reform school when I was 7.

3. During my teens, I spent two years in a reform school.

4. Bridewell archaic term for a prison or reform school for petty offenders

5. After I was expelled from reform school at age 15, I had nowhere to live.

6. Rather than being sent to jail or reform school, juvenile offenders are sent on Saturdays and holidays to work on farms, plowing fields or chopping wood.