This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Bring borstal school system back for young offenders
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I strongly believe that borstal school system will help control knife and gang related culture in our youths. Statistically re-offending ratio between borstal school system and prison is 30:78. Borstal school gave youth a chance to a better future.
Borstal school system was generally run by ex service men/women, which trained and managed youth giving them a better chance in future.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
It's not clear what you would like the Government to do. Young people in custody are in a range of settings, which does not include prison:
https://www.gov.uk/young-people-in-custody/what-custody-is-like-for-young-people
You could start a petition seeking a change to how youth detention centres are run, such as by putting service personnel in charge, if that is what you would like to achieve.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.