The probation law places disqualifications in order to filter those accused individuals who deserve the grant and those who do not. It is not for the purpose of spiting or just for barring individuals to acquire probation. The reason for it is to ensure that the convicted individuals to be granted probation truly deserves it and did apply for the sake of the opportunity to reform and not to escape a prison sentence. Probation should not be treated as an “escape hatch” or as a last resort if an appeal
for the crimes they commit such as incarceration, parole, and Probation. The goal of the criminal justice system to have criminals pay for the crimes they have committed and to reduce the number of crimes that are committed. Intermediate sanctions are a variety of punishments that are harsher than probation but not as harsh and costly as incarceration. Intermediate sanctions could be a way to deter crime but there a lot of pros and cons to the program. Intermediate sanctions has two goals which are