Original sentence: Herbert Hoelter of the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives, a consultant who has advised Bernard Madoff, Martha Stewart and John Rigas, tells former executives who may have controlled thousands of employees that the pressures on them in prison will be great — they will be told when to eat, when to go to work, when to sleep and how much money they can spend in the commissary
Edited sentence: He has appeared before the United States Sentencing Commission regarding alternatives to incarceration.Herbert Hoelter is director of the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA), a prison reform and sentencing-advocacy group.Hoelter, who has advised Bernard Madoff, Martha Stewart and John Rigas, warns former executives who may have controlled thousands of employees that the pressures on them in prison will be great – they will be told when to eat, when to go to work, when to sleep and how much money they can spend in the commissary.NCIA works with defense attorneys and defendants to design and present to judges individualized sentencing recommendations that may include alternative punishments such as home confinement and community service,.as well as recommendations for an appropriate prison