{"id":85807,"date":"2018-03-13T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/?p=85807"},"modified":"2019-11-06T11:06:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T16:06:39","slug":"sentencing-alternatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/sentencing\/sentencing-alternatives","title":{"rendered":"Sentencing Alternatives To Prison Cheered By Reformers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t
It is becoming increasingly clear that America\u2019s experiment with mass incarceration is a failure. The United States has the dubious distinction of being the world leader in the number of citizens sitting behind bars even though our country is not the world leader in safer communities. Sentencing alternatives are needed.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, the public is becoming increasingly aware of the problem. The huge racial and ethnic disparities in prison populations, the unsettling statistics on the likelihood of young people landing in jail rather than college, and the ever-increasing news stories about private corporations buying off politicians so they can run for-profit, privately owned prisons has sent a combined message to the nation that something with our prison system must change.<\/p>\n