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Give non-custodial sentence to petty offenders- NCRC says

NAIROBI: The National Crime Research Centre is calling for improved utilization of non-custodial sentences to all first time petty offenders as a long term method of dealing with crime in the country.

The state crime research agency says besides saving wastage of public funds on maintaining thousands of offenders in prisons, community-based sentences have long term benefits including reconciliation, rehabilitation and reintegration of accused while assisting in maintaining family ties.

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