The Borstal Institute for juveniles now called The Senior Correctional Centre[1] is a juvenile correction institute under the Ghana Prisons Service (GPS).

The centre is a correction centre for people who are under 18 years old and have been convicted of criminal or civil offenses. The period that a convict spends in the centre is aimed at reforming him or her so they can fit into society easily after their stay at the centre.[2]

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References

  1. ^ "Ghana Prison Service to change name". news.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 7 May 2011.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Officials bemoan neglect of inmates at Borstal Institute". news.myjoyonline.com. Archived from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2011.


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