He goes back to the approved school that he thought he'd left behind forever, and he revisits the Malvern Hills where his love of the countryside was first inspired as a child.
From approved school he graduated through detention centre to borstal, finally winding up in prison.
He was involved in crime from an early age, being sent to approved schools and borstal before ending up prison.
He eventually ended up going to an approved school.
They had passed through probation, borstal, approved schools and prison.
Synonyms
prison, penal institution, place of detention, lock-up, place of confinement, guardhouse, correctional facility, detention centre