I would like to speak to you as a group of legislators about the importance of intermediate sanctions. We understand that intermediate sanctions show no signs of reducing criminal activity. But it will not be the right course of action if we decide to pull the plug on these intermediate sanctions. (Schmalleger, & Smykla, 2015). Although we know that these sanctions do not reduce crime, we do know the main factor to keep the intermediate sanctions are because they are a much-lowered cost for the taxpayers. The intermediate sanctions also help cut down on the overcrowding in the prisons which leaves more space in the prisons for the more violent offenders. These offenders who commits non-violent crimes should be selected under the intermediate
