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In 1974, two intoxicated teenagers embarked on a destructive rampage damaging numerous properties in the quiet town of Elmira, Ontario. Ordinarily, the prospect of prison lay ahead. But a pair of young probation officers had other ideas.
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Kelly and his friend were arrested and questioned by the police the morning after the event, but instead of going to jail, the probation officer suggested a different punishment. "He saw that there could be some therapeutic value in us meeting our victims," he said, so the two young men went door-to-door, apologizing to the people whose property th...
The experience was critical for Kelly, who said his life could have turned out much differently if he had been sent to jail at 18. "I quite likely would have came out a hardened person—a hardened heart, chip on my shoulder, angry at society and everyone in it. I probably would have ended up in jail again." Instead, Kelly went on to graduate from Co...
His story has also transformed the way conflict is resolved in more than 50 countries according to Community Justice Initiatives, a Kitchener, Ont. organization that partnered with Rosco Films to produce the documentary. "It makes me very proud and honoured," Kelly said. "I made the right choice to do something that has turned into something very b...
Feb 27, 2024 · Now known as The Elmira Case, it became the first example of restorative justice used in the Canadian legal system. It focuses on repairing the harm done by the crime, rather than punishing the...
When New York's Elmira Reformatory opened in 1876, it rejected 19th century penology's holy trinity of silence, obedience and labor. Elmira's goal would be reform of the convict, and its methods would be psychological rather than physical.
Mar 7, 2024 · MISSION to “raise hell” on a school night, with two drunken vandals slashing the tires on 22 cars, smashing windows, destroying a gazebo, wrecking a boat and even wrenching the cross off a church display. It ended by transforming Canada’s justice system forever and became known as the Elmira Case.
In 1974, a drunken rampage in the small town of Elmira, Ontario, Canada sparked a change in the justice system that would have worldwide impact.
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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.
