News Release

U.S. Sentencing Commission
One Columbus Circle NE
Washington, DC 20002-8002

SYMPOSIUM ON ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION TO BE HELD JULY 14-15

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 8, 2008) — The United States Sentencing Commission will host a Symposium on Crime and Punishment in the United States: Alternatives to Incarceration on July 14-15, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The symposium will focus 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.

Presenters at the symposium include federal and state judges, congressional staff, professors of l