Comments on: MANAGING ALTERNATIVES http://justiceworldwide.wordpress.com justice/prison reform Thu, 31 May 2012 07:47:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Eric Ritter http://justiceworldwide.wordpress.com/probation-alternatives/#comment-102 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 01:40:49 +0000 http://justiceworldwide.wordpress.com/?page_id=353#comment-102 Through a Watson Fellowship, I will be exploring how states, individuals, and/or community leaders respond to currently illegal/unwanted practices in a manner that avoids institutionalization/incarceration in prisons and.or mental hospitals. I am interested in creative approaches to controlling unwanted/illegal behavior that avoids incarceration, and these practices can be in the beginning stages, can simply be campaigns of education, etc. Two quick examples: Portugal’s decriminalization of drug possession, and the use of mandatory community service sentences instead of short prison sentences.

So: I was wondering if any fellow readers of this blog had any info (practices, organizations, states) regarding alternatives to incarceration — however you may understand the category to function.

Thank you, very much, for your time.

Eric

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