Agreed, though the threat of "going back to prison" may not just be "oh you have 3 months left, so the threat is doing those 3 months in prison". The threat co

Agreed, though the threat of "going back to prison" may not just be "oh you have 3 months left, so the threat is doing those 3 months in prison". The threat could be doing the entire sentence over. The prison sentence could be longer than the 1 year at the chicken farm. It could include loss of eligibility for deferred adjudication (wiping the record clean). And so on. There's typically strong leverage for diversion programs that's more than just "prison" or "chicken farm".