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Is it OK or common to say, "prison substitutes"? What does it mean?

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Someone pays fines or does community service rather than going to jail.

Can we call them 'prison substitutes'? Is it common usage?

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Hi Ang.

Someone pays fines or does community service rather than going to jail.

Can we call them 'prison substitutes'? Is it common usage?

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'Alternatives' to going to jail/prison would fit your description.
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“buying” substitutes to serve Federal prison sentence”
“hiring” substitutes to serve prison sentence”

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive...FB7678389639ED
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