San Francisco Chronicle, June 16, 2011 by Victoria Colliver
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/06/15/BAV31JUBBP.DTL
“This argument we have to spend more to lock up fewer people is, on the face of it, illogical,” said Barry Krisberg…. Alternatives could include modest sentence reductions when appropriate, and non-jail solutions for the thousands of offenders sentenced to 90 days or fewer, Krisberg said. “In their hearts, people would [rather] have parks than prisons,” he said.