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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2016 AND THEREAFTER - In this Jan. 27, 2016 photo, Fred Robinson talks about his probation and struggles to pay his fines and court fees, from a hospital bed at St. Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Probation is supposed to be a substitute for jail or prison, requiring offenders to maintain good behavior. But in more than a dozen states, probation for misdemeanors is a profit-making - and increasingly controversial - venture. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
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