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Something Other than Prison

By Melody Evans and Kirk Redmond

Something other than prison, or also know as Alternatives to Incarceration. The Sentencing Commission hosted a symposium on this topic last month, finally recognizing publicly that long prison sentences often do more damage than good -- higher recidivism rates, broken families, and ruined lives. Most of us in this business know there is a point of no return, when the shock value of prison has worn off, and our clients just learn how to do time. Such institutionalization does little to help them or our society upon release.The materials from this conference are posted by link on our website, thanks to Paul Rashkind. The ideas are surprisingly open-minded and tuned to rehabilitation rather than punishment.One of the more popular programs is the Second Chance Act, which your incarcerated clients already know about...continue to full post

Full post as published by Kansas Federal Defender on August 22, 2008 (boomark / email).