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Sentencing: Intermediate Sanctions in the Federal Criminal Justice System

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Jan. 14, 1994
Report No. GGD-94-63BR
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Summary:

The federal prison population has soared in recent years, as has the cost of housing the inmates. As a result, interest has grown in a group of programs known collectively as intermediate sanctions, which typically involve sentencing that is more severe than simple probation and less severe than traditional imprisonment. Examples of intermediate sanctions include "shock incarceration"--typically boot camps for teenage offenders; intensive probation supervision; and home confinement. This briefing report discusses (1) available sanctions, (2) eligibility for the sanctions, (3) the sanctions imposed--both intermediate and other sanctions--on convicted offenders in fiscal year 1991, (4) the agencies responsible for administering the sanctions, (5) the monthly operating and expansion costs of illustrative sentences, and (6) legal limitations on the increased use of sanctions other than imprisonment.

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