Bring Back Borstal!
When you speak to Kyran, you quickly discover he wants what you and I want as well
Today, nearly three quarters of young offenders released from prison reoffend within twelve months. In the 1930s, the Borstal system was a much-feared institution designed to reform young offenders with compulsory work and intense physical activity. And in its heyday, it was a system that worked.
Now, in a unique television experiment, 14 young troublemakers, half of whom have criminal convictions, have volunteered to become Borstal boys. They've spent four weeks in a castle in Northumberland to bring the Borstal back to life and see if they can break their cycle of bad behaviour.
Joining us today are criminologist Professor David Wilson, who acts as the Borstal's Governor and one of the show's participants, Kyran Hopwood.
TV: Bring Back Borstal is at 9pm on Thursdays on ITV