Scared Straight…by Probation.

The article features Hawaii's probation program, HOPE, or Hawaii' Opportunity Probation with Enforcement. Crime experts say the probation program, started in 2004 by a U.S. attorney, has the potential to transform the nation's broken probation system and has reduced the number of probation violations among criminals, with some evidence showing that it can reduce repeat crimes. The success is due to flash incarceration that sends offenders immediately to jail for short sentences for violating any probation condition.