This is the criticism that intermediate sanctions designed to divert offenders from prison actually increase the number of citizens who are under the control and surveillance of the American corrections system.

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"Widening the net" refers to the phenomenon where intermediate sanctions intended to divert offenders from prison end up increasing the number of individuals under correctional control, rather than reducing it.

This Is the Criticism That Intermediate Sanctions Designed to Divert