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New Poll Shows the Public Largely in Favor of Alternatives to Prison and Jail as a Response to Nonserious Offenses

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- The National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) Oakland, CA, June 2, 2009 New Poll Shows the Public Largely in Favor of Alternatives to Prison and Jail as a Response to Nonserious Offenses The National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) has just released the results of a public opinion poll on attitudes toward nonserious, nonviolent, nonsexual crime and the appropriate sanctions in such cases. Across most demographic groups, the public feels that alternatives to prison and jail benefit society rather than hurt it. Some of the key poll results are as follows: * Eight in ten (77%) adults believe the most appropriate sentence for nonviolent, nonserious offenders is supervised probation, restitution, community service, and/or rehabilitative services; if an offender fails in these alternatives, then prison or jail may be appropriate...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 02, 2009 (boomark / email).