I would tell the group of legislators that intermediate sanctions is the most cost effective way to keep low level and non-violent offenders out of the incarceration system but still punish them for their criminal indiscretions. I would propose a plan that streamlined and removed some of the intermediate sanctions that have not worked in the reduction of recidivism. I would propose the removal of day reporting because I feel that probation can cover the same objectives in a more cost effective manner. I would tell them that professional associations such as the American Jail Association “believes that intermediate sanctions-not prison-should be the backbone of the corrections system” (Schmalleger & Smykla, 2015, p. 128). Their reasoning
