TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is considering introducing community service as an alternative to custodial sentences for minor crimes in an effort to ease prison overcrowding, a government official said on Monday.
Currently, jail sentences can be applied immediately or suspended. Community service is set to be introduced this year as a condition for the suspension of some sentences, the Yomiuri Shimbun said on Monday.
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