Anywhere But Jail
For those arrested, jail may become the place they never want to return to. And it's only natural for them to feel that way given the poor conditions in most jails. Dangerous and dirty conditions, however, are not the only things that may prompt the court to send those convicted of a crime anywhere but jail.
Correctional institutions are often overcrowded. Increasingly, it's extremely expensive to house inmates in prisons. Some states have given up on dealing with prisons and farmed the work out to various correctional businesses that run them at a cost.