Individual sanctions must have integrity and capacity and be capable of doing what they were designed to do. These sanctions are not alternatives to something, but they are legitimate punishments of choice for specific offenders. The concept of intermediate sanctions is not an excuse to unload all possible sanctions on each offender retained in the community. Intermediate sanctioning systems must be tailored to the social, political, and economic environment of the community, and they must be adequately financed. Intermediate sanctions are tied together by agreed-on policy and can include innovative sentencing options and programs, electronic monitoring, and day reporting centers. Sentencing options may include basic probation, community service, intensive probation supervision, home confinement, diversion centers, probation detention centers, and shock incarceration. Alternative programs include narcotics and drug deterrence programs; work furlough expansion; and paid, intensively-supervised work crews. 24 references.