Offenders serving community sentences are more likely to keep jobs, earn more – new research

Hagen Hopkins Getty Images When should offenders be sent to prison and when is it better to keep them in the community under close supervision. New Zealand confronted that choice in 2007 when it introduced home detention, community detention and intensive supervision as alternatives to short prison terms. At the time of the reform, New Zealand relied heavily on prison for criminal justice. The prison population stood at 189 per 100 000 people, compared to an OECD average of 136, and prisons