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- In 1869, the Legislature authorized purchase of a 280-acre site in Elmira and earmarked the new facility for reformatory purposes, restricting it to first offenders between the ages of 16 and 30.
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Elmira Correctional Facility, also known as "The Hill", is a maximum security state prison located in Chemung County, in the City of Elmira in the US state of New York. It is operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision .
Although no longer a reformatory, Elmira's concentration on younger offenders continued into the early 1990's, when DOCS established under-21 facilities in the Washington hub. Elmira's population now averages around 35 years of age.
While conditions at Elmira may not have been unusual for similar institutions at the time, the investigations pointed up severe deficiencies in the application of the adult reformatory concept.
From its foundation in 1876, the Elmira Reformatory developed in the direction of its object (to a “crime hospital” for the morally depraved) since the day of its dedication.
Although no longer a reformatory, Elmira's concentration on younger offenders continued into the early 1990's, when DOCS established under-21 facilities in the Washington hub. Elmira's population now averages around 35 years of age.
Elmira system, American penal system named after Elmira Reformatory, in New York. In 1876 Zebulon R. Brockway became an innovator in the reformatory movement by establishing Elmira Reformatory for young felons. Brockway was much influenced by the mark system, developed in Australia by Alexander.
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Elmira Reformatory. The architecture of the Reformatory was designed to appear more like a hospital or school, rather than a prison, fitting with the educational and rehabilitation goals of the institution.
