Members of the committee, including committee chair Sir Alan Beith, made the pledge to a group of 120 young people during a lobbying event, staged at Westminster as part of the YMCA Youth in Justice Conference last month.
The event gave young people, some of whom were former offenders, a chance to quiz MPs from the three main parties.
A YMCA spokesman said: "One of the main issues raised was about the use of prison as a deterrent to young people. With persistent offenders continuing to be locked up, the young people concluded that prison is not an effective deterrent and wanted the politicians to look at alternatives and to address the causes of crime."
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