Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Holly Corbett covers bias, workplace culture, and social movements. Avenues for Justice (AFJ), one of the first alternative-to ...

States like Texas and Georgia have already been experimenting with alternatives to endlessly building more prison cells. They have dramatically expanded inpatient and outpatient drug treatment as ...

Wales should follow the lead of other nations and develop credible alternatives to prison, a study says. The country has one of the highest prison rates in Europe, analysis from Cardiff University ...

4. The state must offer more opportunities for diversion and more community-based alternatives to incarceration.

Sen. Bryan King, R-Green Forest, presents an alternative proposal to the state's prison plan during a press conference in Little Rock on Jan. 8, 2025. (Mary Hennigan/Arkansas Advocate) Instead of ...

The juvenile drug treatment court is meant to provide an alternative for incarceration and would provide treatment and recovery services monitored by a judge.

To be fair, Lopez does at least acknowledge two problems with the progressive narrative on “mass incarceration”: that it is mostly driven by locking up violent criminals, and that ...