Sentencing: Intermediate Sanctions in the Federal Criminal Justice System
(Briefing Report, 01/14/94, GAO/GGD-94-63BR).

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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 REPORTNUM:  GGD-94-63BR
     TITLE:  Sentencing: Intermediate Sanctions in the Federal Criminal 
             Justice System
      DATE:  01/14/94
   SUBJECT:  Criminals
             Criminal procedure
             Crimes or offenses
             Correctional facilities
             Sanctions
             Cost analysis
             Eligibility criteria
             Federal courts
             Law enforcement
             Judicial procedure

             
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