Changes zero tolerance laws to give school administrators more flexibility to decide whether to use alternative punishments in lieu of mandatory expulsion, in specific situations. (ccsa.org)
There was a short period of declining prison populations from 1981, when fines, community sentences and cautions were increasingly used as alternative punishments. (politics.co.uk)
With juvenile offenders having a recidivism rate of 90 percent Cuomo pushed for major reforms to the justice system, including focusing on alternative punishment and treatment. (gothamgazette.com)