20. T  he NIHR emphasizes the importance of applying the alternative punishments’ system because of its positive impact on the personal level of the offender, and on the level of reform and rehabilitation centers, in particular the overcrowding, which adversely affects the services and the rehabilitation programs being offered by the correctional institution. Also, the sentences of imprisonment cause difficulties in the integration of convicts in the society because of its psychological effects, as well as the financial burden borne by the supervisory entity on reform and rehabilitation centers. 21. T  he NIHR calls for the issuance of a special law to regulate alternative punishments and to consider it as part of the penal system in the national criminal legislation, as the introduction of the alternative punishments’ system limits the negative effects of the detention environment, which result from the mixing of persons convicted in hazardous issues with novice or persons convicted in minor issues. The introduction of this system will help the convicted to meet his needs along with the needs of his family and his society, which is consistent with the system of individualization of punishment based on taking into account the personal and family circumstances of the offender on the one hand, and the protection of society on the other. 70