Can Prosecutors Be Taught to Avoid Jail Sentences?

This article originally appeared on The New York Times Opinion Section

Which part of the justice system has most resisted change? It's not the police - At least 60 district attorneys have come to see incarceration as destructive, racist, expensive and ineffective. But can they persuade their own staffs?

Adam Foss founded Prosecutor Impact to repair our criminal justice system by shifting the culture and norms among prosecutors across the United States.

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Tina Rosenberg of Solutions Journalism Network writes about Fellow Adam Foss in NYTimes and how prosecutors can be taught to avoid jail sentences.