remand home

[ ri-mand hohm ]

noun

, British.

1. a juvenile detention center for offenders 8–14 years old.

remand home

noun

1. (no longer in technical use) an institution to which juvenile offenders between 8 and 14 years may be remanded or committed for detention See also community home

Word History and Origins

Origin of remand home¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Woolton Vale Remand Home and "It's Not too Bad" was the pearl in the oyster, and "Strawberry Field Forever" was its shell.

From Salon

On December 29, 1965, a breakout by a group of boys occurred at the Woolton Vale Remand Home that made headlines in all of the local papers, such as the Liverpool Echo.

From Salon

Near Strawberry Field was the Gladstone merchant's mansion, named Woolton Vale, later to become Woolton Vale Remand Home, about which John's cousin Stanley declared that "the bad boys' borstal intrigued us."

From Salon

The nearly 70 victims were freed from the facility in Katsina on Saturday as police arrested a 78-year-old man for running what they described as an “illegal detention/remand home,” according to Reuters.

From Fox News

An inspection in February 1971 said "Dr Milner continues to be associated with this remand home through… the superintendent. He sees cases at her discretion."

From BBC