The overcrowding of jails continues to be a major problem for the correctional s

The practice of giving jail sentences to offenders who are unable or unwilling to make restitution, alimony, or child- support payments has added to jail occupancy and has made the local lockup, at least partially, a debtors’ prison. Other factors conspire to keep jail populations high, including the inability of jail inmates to make bond, delays between arrest and case disposition, an overburdened criminal justice system, and what some have called “unproductive statutes” requiring that specified nonviolent offenders be jailed.