The United States Sentencing Commission held a Symposium on Crime and Punishment in the United States: Alternatives to Incarceration on July 14-15, 2008 in Washington, DC. The symposium focused on various sentencing options available within the federal and state systems, including the use of sentencing alternatives in combination with and/or in lieu of imprisonment.

Herbert Hoelter, co-founder and CEO of NCIA, was invited to the symposium and presented on intermediate sanctions. Other presenters at the symposium included federal and state judges, congressional staff, professors of law and the social sciences, corrections and alternative sentencing practitioners and specialists, federal and state prosecutors and defense attorneys, prison officials, and others involved in criminal justice.

For more information on the symposium, visit the US Sentencing Commission's website at www.ussc.gov.