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Accessed 19 November 2024. 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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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. The reformatory finally opened on July 24, 1876, with Brockway as warden, when 30 inmates were transferred from Auburn Prison.
Elmira Reformatory in upstate New York offered the most successful program of approaches since the eighteenth-century origins of American correctional education. Zebulon Reed Brockway, who established the Elmira prison program, served in prison reform for fifty years. He constructed a coherent structure for prison education as offering varied ...
Brockway and the New Penology. Zebulon Reed Brockway, who would open the world's first adult reformatory at Elmira and serve as its superintendent for 24 years, was born in Connecticut in 1827. He began his career as a guard in the Connecticut state prison at Wethersheld in 1848. Three years later, he was lured to Albany to serve as assistant ...
Feb 27, 2024 · Published Feb. 27, 2024 2:57 p.m. PST. Share. This year marks the 50th anniversary of a drunken vandalism spree in Elmira, Ont. that changed the Canadian justice system forever. Russell Kelly, who ...
About. Details. In 1974, a drunken rampage in small-town Elmira, Ontario, sparked a change in the justice system that would have worldwide impact. An inspiring probation officer. A forward thinking judge. Two wayward youth willing to take responsibility for their mistakes. A community willing to forgive. Together, this case revolutionized the ...
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Jul 24, 2021 · He and two family members armed themselves and made an escape to the North, soon settling in Elmira. Jones became a leading figure in the local anti-slavery movement and is said to have assisted a large number of escaped slaves on their way to Canada. During 1864 and 1865 he contracted with the Federal government to bury the prison’s dead.
