ELMIRA SYSTEM


Meaning of ELMIRA SYSTEM in English

elˈmīrə- noun

Usage: usually capitalized E

Etymology: from Elmira, N.Y., where the system was adopted in a reformatory in 1876

: a system of penology based on the indeterminate sentence with possible commutation

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