The judiciary must think very hard before jailing nonviolent offenders.

司法部在把非暴力罪犯投入监狱之前一定要慎重考虑。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

To do that, she has expanded the parole board from 10 to 15 members to evaluate nonviolent offenders who have already served their minimum sentences and to expedite commutations.

她先将假释犯人的人数从10个扩大到15个，来测定这些已经进行完最短刑期的非暴力罪犯的行为，然后再进一步推进计划。

youdao

The incarceration of hundreds of thousands of nonviolent drug offenders often leads to the breakup of families and the loss of breadwinners, placing additional burdens on social services.

对数以万记的非暴力毒品吸食者的关押经常造成家庭破裂，以及养家糊口人的减少，从而为社保服务增加了额外的负担。

youdao

For nonviolent offenders who are not career criminals, however, incarceration can be counterproductive.

FORBES: 'The Conservative Case Against More Prisons'

The American public strongly supports reducing time served for nonviolent offenders.

CNN: When will the U.S. stop mass incarceration?

So many nonviolent offenders crowd our prison system that the US Supreme Court has ordered California to release nearly a quarter of its prison population.

FORBES: Programming Note: The War on Drugs Turns 40