On Jail alternative programs

Posted on October 17 at 10:42 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

TrueCitizen:
Not sure which numbers you don't believe but the Professor has them right and his conclusion that if a business got the same kind of results they would not survive.
Sentence's are too arbitrary and excessive which a.) fills all the beds (see recent court decision in California on overcrowding)and b.)accomplish very little that benefit the offenders.
You do seem to have a genuine interest though and might find some interesting perspective - at www.PrisonLegalnews.org - there is more than one side to this very big subject, most of which involves the 8th Ammendment prohibition against cruel and inhuman punishment. It is unfortunate that the popular mood these days seems to be "the crueler and the more inhumane" the better. Too bad.
What harm does some work release actually do? Anything we do to give offenders a chance to re-integrate themselves back into society can't possibly be bad - right?
DBG