Sentenced to the Library
From The Turkish Daily News:
"A real estate agent, Salih Çelik, who was caught by the coast guard while he went fishing with his new boat without a fishing license was sentenced to two-and-a-half years imprisonment. However, the However, the judge has changed Çelik’s punishment to compulsory social service for 5 months in a library"
Sounds like a good idea to me, as long as the offenses had nothing to do with kids, Myspace, etc.
We have people calling all the time to do their community service. Sometimes its for a school requirement; but sometimes its because a judge sentenced the person to community service.