This study aims to analyze Arab experience in applying alternative punishments and to compare between them regarding the types that are applied, the reasons for applying them, in addition to the economic, correctional and rehabilitation effectiveness of their application. This is done through a content analysis of fourteen Arab experiences that were presented at the 18th Arab Conference of Heads of Punitive and Correctional Institutions that was held to arrive at recommendations that help disseminate this experience and improve it according to its intended effectiveness. This descriptive study used the content analysis method and the comparative method through an analysis matrix that contained the following variables: Reasons for implementation, types of applied alternative punishments, and effectiveness of their application. The most prominent results of the study indicated that only one-third of Arab countries apply alternative punishments, whose types are limited. They also indicated that the economic, correctional and rehabilitation effectiveness of their application differs according to the types of punishments applied and according to each country. The study concluded that alternative punishments must start to be applied in Arab countries – especially those who have not yet applied them. This must be done through working on legislation specific to them, starting to implement it, and spreading awareness of it. This is in addition to approving procedural mechanisms to apply them, establishing a separate agency for them, preparing and supporting correctional institutions that are related to their application, involving social establishments, the importance of encouraging evaluative studies on the different punishments, designing awareness programs and cultural programs to strengthen awareness of alternative punishments, and creating a database linked to penal studies and their correctional effects.