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"States Seek Less Costly Substitutes For Prison"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this article from today's Washington Post.  Here is how the piece gets started: Cash-strapped states are increasingly turning to alternative sentencing methods and to streamlined probation and parole as a way to keep low-level offenders out of prison and in their communities. The alternative sentencing methods have been in limited use for years, often with little funding and less publicity. But recently they have gained in popularity across the country and have attracted interest from lawmakers. The measures include drug courts, which allow low-level drug offenders to avoid prison time through treatment and intense, personal, weekly intervention by a judge, and at least 500 courts for people arrested for driving while intoxicated...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 13, 2009 (boomark / email).