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Hawaii’s Probation Program Is Often Copied, But Does It Work?

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Usually they are academics who don’t really understand HOPE or the probation system itself and how the current system is failing many people. They tend to think any jail time is harsh. What they fail to see is that many probationers are currently failing at probation-as-usual and going to prison for years. That is harsh,” Judge Steve Alm

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