You can join the Army, or you can go to jail. It’s an old cliche that’s more fiction than fact, and hasn’t been a common practice for decades. Now, a new proposal in the Florida legislature wants to once again offer military service as an alternative to jail time.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/florida-join-military-or-jail/
I actually agree with this idea, I knew a guy in school who was voted most likely to do time, he was faced with real jail time, joined the army, became a Ranger, then went on to join the US Marshals