U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. said Thursday that alternative-to-incarceration programs taking root in the Eastern District of New York are “emblematic” of the sort of specialized programs that the nation needs in order to address overincarceration within the federal criminal justice system.
Addressing participants of the Pretrial Opportunity Program and Special Options Services program—as well as prosecutors, defense attorneys and judges—Holder said, “We will never as a nation be able to incarcerate ourselves to better outcomes, a stronger nation or brighter futures. Instead we need to make smart choices and smart investments that will help individuals get on the right path and stay out of the criminal justice system.”
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