HM Borstal, Portland, 1962
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HM Borstal, Portland, 1962
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: Unknown
Now categorised as a Young Offenders Institution. This is the East Cell Block of 1898, Listed Grade II. At the time, Portland was the Borstal equivalent of Dartmoor Prison, where the most serious offenders were detained.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.549787
Longitude
-2.421692