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Pilot Program Offers Alternative to Jail Sentences

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Returning Home Inc.
The pilot program lasts 90 days and can house up to 10 participants at a time.

This month Returning Home, a Springdale-based nonprofit that works with those at-risk of recidivism, began a new Community Alternative Program. CAP gives people who violate terms of their parole or those who have committed low-level, non-violent offenses an on-site treatment option in lieu of jail time. Funded by Washington County, officials hope the project can be one solution to a persistent jail overcrowding problem

Daniel Caruth is KUAF's Morning Edition host and reporter for Ozarks at Large.
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