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In the News (Thu 24 Dec 09)

  
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The only borstal school in the State, located at the foothills of the fort prison here, is likely to be shifted to Hyderabad any time soon, probably after October, as only five inmates will remain in custody by then.
Earlier, there used to be three borstal schools in the State, but the Visakhapatnam and the Anantapur schools were closed down a few years ago for unknown reasons, according to the Superintendent of the Nizamabad borstal school, M. Masood.
Of late, the transfer of juvenile offenders to the borstal school has come down due to varied reasons, he said and added that distance is one of the reasons for this.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004092206720500.htm&date=2004/09/22/&prd=th&   (272 words)

  
 Crime & Punishment of Monday, 10 July 2006
Investigations by The Statesman established that some of the inmates, with the connivance of some officers in the institute, sneak out of the camp and go on ‘operations’ in town, returning apparently to share the booty with their godfathers.
Earlier this year, the Ghanaian Times published a story in which two inmates of the institute, Benjamin Essel and Nana Kwame, sneaked outside the camp and managed to steal parcels donated to wedding couples at a wedding ceremony held at the Police Church to the amazement of police officers.
The Borstal institute was established in May 19, 1947 to reform young offenders and reorient them from criminal tendencies by giving them vocational training to make them employable and worthy citizens of the land.
www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/crime/artikel.php?ID=107063&comment=2115463   (697 words)

  
 Fortress UK - Thames and Medway
Grain Fort was built in the 1860's on the eastern end of the Hoo peninsula to control the entrance to the Medway.
5 land forts (Borstal, Bridgewoods, Horsted, Luton, Darland) and 2 island forts (Hoo, Darnet) and a redoubt were built, the land forts on a polygonal plan, the island forts on a circular one.
Fort Luton is now a small time model museum, with lots of exhibits for children, but with some details on the fort's history, and reasonable access to the buildings.
www.johnbray.org.uk /forts/zenith/thames.html   (1343 words)

  
 Isle of Wight - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Carisbrooke Priory and the fort of Carisbrooke Castle were founded.
The island did not come under full control of the crown until it was sold by the dying last Norman Lord, Lady Isabella de Fortebus, to Edward I in 1293.
Having been converted to a borstal and later a low category prison, it maintains its ties to the housing around it as although now most privately owned, clean water is still provided from the prison itself and residents pay only sewerage fees to the water authority (Southern Water).
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Isle_of_Wight   (3426 words)

  
 The Gazetteers Department - SATARA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Adolescent criminals coming under the Borstal Schools Act are sent for detention and training in the Borstal School, Dharwar.
However, boys found to be too incorrigible or unsociable to be kept in the Borstal School are transferred to the Juvenile Section of the Yeravada Prison.
Excepting the administration of Borstal Schools and institutions which is controlled by the Home Department at the Secretariat level, all work of the Correctional Administration Wing and non-Correctional Administration Wing is controlled by the Education and Social Welfare Department through the Director of Social Welfare.
www.maharashtra.gov.in /english/gazetteer/SATARA/law_social.html   (1437 words)

  
 CHATHAM FORTS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The southern approaches to Chatham and its dockyard were protected by five forts built between 1860 and 1900 to strengthen the 18th century fortications around the perimenter of the dockyard.
Forts Horsted, Luton and Borstal are still standing, Forts Bridgewood and Darland have been demolished.
They were all built to a similar five sided, low level design and surrounded by a deep dry ditch but differed in size with Fort Horsted the largest.
www.ecastles.co.uk /luton.html   (137 words)

  
 Dover Express  Articles
The borstal institute is 200 yards from the church.
The garrison church is in the vicinity of the foundations of the ancient Round Church said to have belonged to the Knights Templar.
The army are supplying Royal Engineers to help remove thousands of tons of chalk; the borstal boys are salvaging flints for re-use throughout the network of moats at the Heights.
members.tripod.com /JeffHowe/Dover_Exprs_artic.htm   (4253 words)

  
 Fort Borstal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An afterthought from the 1859 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, Fort Borstal was built between 1875 and 1885 by convict labour to hold the high ground southwest of Rochester, Kent.
A polygonal design, never armed, with a anti-aircraft battery in the second world war.
After many years use as a pig farm for the nearby Young Offenders Institution it was sold in 1991 to a company hoping to make it a museum, but that proved unsuccessful and the fort has been converted into living accommodation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Borstal   (154 words)

  
 Medway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Royal Navy opened a dockyard during the reign of Henry VIII; it shut in 1984.
It was protected by a series of forts including the Great Lines of Defence, Fort Amherst, Fort Pitt and Fort Borstal.
As it approaches Luton it is a dual carriageway for a short stretch, where a major junction lies with the railway (Chatham Main line) passes overhead — this is known as Luton Arches.
en.wikipedia.b4d.pl /wiki/Medway   (4548 words)

  
 Subterranea Britannica: Research Study Group: Sites: Fort Bridgewoods
The bunker was built in the middle of Fort Bridgewoods, which was situated on the outskirts of Rochester adjacent to the old Maidstone-Rochester road.
The fort, along with the rest of the line, was of a radical departure from traditional design being of earth construction, with a deep dry moat and not very visible from a distance.
From completion until the outbreak of WWII Fort Bridgewoods was only sporadically garrisoned (apart from WWI) when trials with gun-laying radar were undertaken at the Fort.
www.subbrit.org.uk /rsg/sites/f/fort_bridgewoods   (437 words)

  
 KURG - Defence
Following a Dutch raid in 1667, a ring of forts was built around the town to protect the naval dockyard and these were improved and added to during the Napoleonic Wars.
Fort Bridgewood, Fort Clarence, Fort Delce, Fort Pitt and Fort Darland have been demolished although a few features may still be found.
Fort Borstal, Fort Horsted, Fort Luton, Twydall Redoubt and Grange Redoubt still remain at the time of writing but permission must be obtained from the respective landowners before visits.
www.kurg.org.uk /sites/defence.htm   (1411 words)

  
 Channel4.com - SlashMusic - BORSTAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The lads took a step back to work and improve their material and later come back with a song called "GIRL" which got entered number 1 on AIIRADIO's new chart entry's, They stayed on the top 40 charts for a consecutive 18 weeks.
Borstal's main aim is to get a record deal so they can produce and record there material at a professional basis.
The lads are at the final stage of putting the finishing touches to their album "NO OTHER WAY" the songs on this album have been been constructed with feelings and experiences such as, Recjection, Heart break, Being pushed away.
www.channel4.com /music/myband/BORSTAL   (265 words)

  
 War Torn
For example, he periodically cuts to scenes of the soldiers' wives at Fort Benning as they receive the news, initially delivered by a taxi courier, of their husbands' deaths.
These sequences are the most chilling in the film, but then Wallace wraps up the movie with a moment in which Julie is aghast at the apparent arrival of a telegram informing her of her own spouse's demise.
In reality, Brendan Behan left the borstal in 1941 only to return to jail after shooting at a police officer in Dublin, and this was not the last time he was imprisoned.
nymag.com /nymetro/movies/reviews/5746   (1127 words)

  
 Borstal Village - Main Index
Rochester from Borstal, With Baty's Marsh in the Foreground,
Welcome to the Borstal Village Website, a source of information for the village near Rochester in Kent, UK, a place perhaps best known for being the first young offenders prison, the Borstal Institution.
Borstal may not be the most picturesque of villages, but Maxwell was being a little harsh, or perhaps the village has improved visually over the years since the demise of the local cement works.
www.borstal.org.uk /borstal/history/fort_clarence.php   (174 words)

  
 In situ conservation of livestock and poultry
The museum fort of San Miguel at Choi in Uruguay, which belongs to the Uruguay National Army has the last remaining herd of pure bred Criollo cattle in the country and an important flock of Criollo sheep.
The fort herd is maintained as part of an excellent exhibition of Gaucho history and Uruguayan fortress life.
In a number of cases rare breeds are being incorporated into state prisons and institutes for the mentally disturbed and mentally ill. Suffolk Borstal Prison Farm for young offenders in the UK, has made the interaction between individual boys and Suffolk Punch horses a major feature of their rehabilitation programme.
www.fao.org /DOCREP/004/T0559E/T0559E05.htm   (8859 words)

  
 General News of Saturday, 24 November 2001
The three camps are the James Fort Prison located at James Town, the Prisons Training Institutes at Cantonment and the Borstal Institute at Roman Ridge.
According to him, the yearly rituals performed by the James Town Traditional Council for their buried ancestors at the James Fort Prison could lead to the escape of some prisoners.
Added to that is the fact that the forts are old and not conducive for human settlements.
www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=19818   (203 words)

  
 Fortress UK - Thames and Medway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
With Radar installed Bridgewoods served as HQ for anti aircraft guns in the Thames Estuary with its two flanking forts of Horsted and Borstal being amongst the most up to date anti aircraft batteries in Britain.
It was only natural that with the coming of the A bomb a new protected HQ be built at Bridgewoods in the early 50's.
Throughout the 1960's Fort Bridgewoods was a ready made playground for my friends and I, we used to climb up and down the sides of the moat by wedging pieces of pipe into the cracked concrete lining to avoid being bitten by the rather large german shepherds kept by the forts caretaker Mr Ganges.
www.johnbray.org.uk /forts/zenith/bridgewd.html   (667 words)

  
 Medway Crop Circle 2004 Page
Spanning 150ft or so across, this was quite a spectacular event, which was geometrically based upon overlapping concentric circles.
The North Downs Way that borders this field nearby, is sometimes a track and sometimes a pathway, and hidden amongst the trees that line it's route, lies a nearby tumulus that as far as I'm aware of hasn't been excavated.
Nashenden Hill Fort of which nothing now remains occupied the top of the field at one time.
www.medwaycropcircle.co.uk /2004.htm   (806 words)

  
 Fort Frances Drawing Coffee House
The Coffee House is the first of their...
educated while being entertained at the Fort Fisher Aquarium...
Photograph of Fort Clarence (or Borstal) Arch over Borstal...
www.atikokanarts.com /northern_ontario_arts/22/Fort-Frances-Drawing-Coffee-House.asp   (145 words)

  
 The Gazetteers Department - KOLABA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The latter three are (1) the Bombay Children Act, 1948 (2) the Bombay Borstal Schools Act, 1929, and (3) the Bombay Probation of Offenders Act, 1938.
However, boys found to be too incorrigible or unsociable to be kept in the Borstal School are transferred to the juvenile section of the Yeravda prison.
Similarly, if the Inspector-General of Prisons thinks that any prisioner in the juvenile section can be better treated to his advantage if he is sent to the Borstal School, he is accordingly transferred.
www.maharashtra.gov.in /english/gazetteer/KOLABA/law_social.html   (1184 words)

  
 Newhaven Fort - Qwika
Newhaven Fort Newhaven Fort was built on the recommendation of the...
In the United Kingdom the term fort superseded the term castle in the Tudor...
A Fort Albert Fort Amherst Anderida B Bath Side Battery Beacon Hill Battery Fort Belan Fort Blockhouse Fort Borstal Fort Bovisand Brean...
www.qwika.com /find/Newhaven_Fort   (515 words)

  
 Borstal Images
Taken from Willis Gardens (now known as Fort Clarence Gardens according to the council sign), this is a view into the moat that runs from Fort Clarence down to the edge of the cliff, beyond which are now houses, but was the site of the Short Brothers factory.
Looking south along Borstal Street, at the bottom of Cookham Hill, showing the controversial concrete retaining wall; controversial due to the disagreement between council and residents as to who was liable to pay for the repairs that were recently required.
All three Medway Bridges, taken from the top of the hill adjacent to the Borstal Institution, looking along the Nashenden Valley towards Cuxton on the far side of the river.
www.borstal.org.uk /image_index.shtml   (572 words)

  
 Palmerston Forts Society United Kingdom Fort Data
A list of forts can be found on the fort data page.
If you require information on any other fort then contact the webmaster.
The Society archive is at Fort Nelson, Fareham Hants.
www.palmerstonforts.org.uk /rese.htm   (165 words)

  
 Gayapolis Cinema - Borstal Boy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Based on the autobiography of poet Brendan Behan, Borstal Boy follows the trials of Behan as he is captured in England attempting to smuggle explosives for the IRA.
Behan is placed in Borstal, a reform institution for young boys.
He befriends another boy in the Borstal, which leads to a brief relationship.
www.gayapolis.com /lifestyle/movies/movdisplay.php?movid=15   (104 words)

  
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It was coordinated by the prison's Chaplain and is staffed by retired teachers.
The Borstal Institute, Nsawam Condemned and Main blocks and the Wa prison have all been equipped with televisions.
Two large gas stoves were obtained for James Fort Male Prison to replace firewood for cooking.
www.prisonministryghana.org /current.html   (897 words)

  
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His favorite roles include Borachio in “Much Ado About Nothing”, Roy in “Lone Star” and Bert Jefferson in “The Man Who Came to Dinner.” Sharon Benge (Producer) is a native of Dallas and has spent her life deep in the arts of Texas.
The founding director of Fort Worth’s Shakespeare in the Park, Sharon has also served in artistic and administrative capacities at Casa Manana Playhouse, Arts Council of Fort Worth and Tarrant County and the Dallas Theater Center.
In 1996 she was honored by the Live Theater League of Tarrant County with the Elston Brooks Award for Excellence and has received similar accolades from the City of Fort Worth, the Arts and Business Connection, the Fort Worth Business Press and the Altrusa Club.
www.twu.edu /TWUNEWS/PRESS_RELEASES/06longmarchbios.doc   (1294 words)

  
 borstal - OneLook Dictionary Search
Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "borstal" is defined.
Borstal : Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 10th Edition [home, info]
Phrases that include borstal: borstal institution, borstal boy, fort borstal
www.onelook.com /?w=borstal&ls=a   (136 words)

  
 Napoleonic
Britain was faced with the task of ensuring the defence of her shores and Dover - a key port - soon saw huge modifications to its defences.
On the Western Heights these fortifications began as a fort and a citadel joined by a system of trenches, but with the arrival of Napoleon the Western Heights defences became further strengthened.
The entire complex consisted of the Citadel, North Centre Bastion and the Drop Redoubt.
www.undergroundkent.co.uk /napoleonic.htm   (224 words)

  
 UK Fortifications Club  - Military Structures Database - B   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
BARRACKS, FOR THE SOUTH WALES BORDERERS AT GOSPORT and THE PORTSDOWN FORTS.
BOVISAND FORT, PLYMOUTH DEVON P/B SX 4866 5073 FSG.DB:
BRIXHAM (OLD FORT No 3) BATTERY, SX 945566, WW2 3 x 40mm and 2 x AA S/Ls, DUAL ROLE GUNS.
www.ukfortsclub.org.uk /wood_index/b.html   (7622 words)

  
 Fort Frances Valentine Coffee House
Photograph of Fort Clarence (or Borstal) Arch over...
Having closed on the house, we left Wendover Drive...
the RV park in Fort Myers, and with Sharyn...
www.atikokanarts.com /northern_ontario_arts/23/Fort-Frances-Valentine-Coffee-House.asp   (136 words)

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