Prison diversion in the point of view of the Comparative jurisprudence

Over time, placing prison in the category of the main punishment has reached a point where not only the goals that the prison was supposed to fulfill have not achieve, but also it has turned into a higher problem that caused many challenges for the prisoners, their families and the governments. The present research focused on de-prisoning from the perspective of the comparative jurisprudence of the Islamic Denominations and was carried out with the descriptive-analytical method and the method of collecting library and documentary information. The obvious result of this approach will be a new theory to reduce the ever-increasing population of prisons and prevent corruption and the consequences of imprisonment. Based on the findings of this study, the imprisonment can be considered as a broad meaning that includes putting a person under care, which we called "imprisonment in the general sense". On the other hand, taking into account that "imprisonment in the special sense" (confinement in a specific place) causes harm and is against self-sovereignty and the principle of personal punishment, and not only it does not usually lead to the realization of the desired goals and philosophy of the Shariah; On the contrary, it has effects against it and has shown its ineffectiveness in practice, "illegitimacy" can be accepted as a rule and the first principle about it. Based on this, if in a certain case, imprisonment is specified in the Shariah evidence, it is necessary to consider its alternative if it is optional, and if it is determined, other examples such as care with new tools and devices should be considered (imprisonment in the general sense); Except for rare cases where the definite necessity of imprisonment in the special sense without considering its function.