From: NOTsomeone@microsoft.invalid 
  
 On 27/08/2025 15:20, Mark Goodge wrote: 
 > On Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:44:31 +0100, JNugent  wrote: 
 > 
 >> On 20/08/2025 03:52 PM, Mark Goodge wrote: 
 > 
 >>> No, I'm saying that prison isn't necessarily the best fallback option for 
 an 
 >>> unpaid fine. 
 >> 
 >> OK. 
 >> 
 >> What SHOULD be the fallback option - bearing in mind that it has to be 
 >> more strict / harsh / robust than the fine was? 
 > 
 > I don't think there has to be a single fallback option. But community 
 > service is, for most people, more harsh than a fine. 
  
 Some community sentences consist of working at a charity shop or 
 completing an online course. Those are not particularly harsh, although 
 they may both be worthwhile. 
  
 According to the DT, 12% community sentence hours were completed that way. 
  
 https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/insult-victims-uk-criminals-serve-comm 
 nity-sentences-online-work-home-scheme-1729433 
  
  
  
 > 
 > Mark 
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