Interesting development from America -- they see that prison isn't always the answer -- maybe we'll see this too ... In a decade or so!
States Seek Less Costly Substitutes For Prison
By Keith B. Richburg NEW YORK
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.
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