Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Lecture Series
The fourth event in the Leeds Cultural Conversations series 2018/19. Presented by Professor Heather Shore.
This talk introduces a history project which is starting to untangle the evolution of the borstal system, and the experiences of borstal youths.
Over-represented in prisons and with high re-offending rates, young adult prisoners (17-21 years old) have long been perceived as a problem for both society and government. Television programmes such as Bring Back Borstal (ITV, 2015) and proposals in 2016 for secure colleges for younger offenders hark back to the main principles of the borstal system.
Filmed by the Northern Film School.
This event is part of the Leeds Cultural Conversations series organised by the Centre for Culture & the Arts at Leeds Beckett University.