The New Regime

From Blushes 5 The year is 1989. A wave of teenage crime and violence has been sweeping the country. In response to increasingly strident public demands for something drastic to be done to reverse the trend the Government has at last instituted a new policy towards the corrective punishment of young offenders. The old concept of a ‘short, sharp shock’ has returned to favour with increased vigour born out of desperation. At Hazeldene Reformatory for Girls a new Principal has been appointed with instructions to implement the new approach with full rigour. Now Stephen Carpenter, warden of C Block, enters the dormitory to inform the girls under his charge of the Principal’s new regime… ‘Right! Come on! Get out, all of you. Jump to it! I want you all standing by your beds in five seconds. Move!’ Twenty nubile girls in pyjamas and filmy nightdresses leapt from their beds. ‘Now, stand still! Shoulders back, chests out, stomachs i...