reformative

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“Sheriffs will have no choice but to suspend all reformative programs due to this inherent coercion,” the association wrote in November.

From Washington Times • Dec. 30, 2022

The Oregon State Sheriffs' Association opposes the measure there, saying it would lead to "unintended consequences" and the loss of all "reformative programs", which include low-paid tasks like working in the library, kitchen and laundry.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2022

News to reflect on reformative trends and to prescribe solutions for the future.

From US News • Oct. 30, 2014

It is clear that a term of imprisonment will have no rehabilitative or reformative effect on Cox.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2013

The number of men who had been in the institution for a considerable period of time and upon whom the ordinary reformative measures exerted little influence rendered the adoption of some other means absolutely necessary.

From A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science by Kayll, James Leslie Allan