Some people think that criminals should not be imprisoned. Instead, education and job
training should replace the former to deal with criminals. To what extent do you agree or
disagree?
[shc_shortcode class=”shc_mybox”]There are many different opinions on the best way to reduce crime. The traditional solution
is to punish the criminals by putting them in prison. Some hold the view that education and
job training are the long term solutions to cut crime. In my opinion, prison is the only
answer in a few situations, but in most cases education, vocational training and
rehabilitation are better.
Prison is the only answer in case of criminals who are a risk to the society, such as
murderers. They cannot be made to mix with society. Some people also say that people
would not be afraid of doing crime if fear of imprisonment is not there. But I still feel that in
majority of cases, we can do without prisons.
In traditional prisons, people learn a lot about crime and so when they leave prison they will
commit even more crime. In other words prisons act as universities of crime. So for petty
offenders like shop-lifters and pick-pockets should be given some vocational training and
education. It is a well not fact that the basic causes of crime are poverty, illiteracy and
unemployment. So, if we provide education and job training then we would be removing
the causes of crime. If criminals are rehabilitated by some form of employment then they
would certainly not re-offend.
Furthermore, the prisons are expensive to maintain. The government can spend that money
on other important matters such as education and healthcare. This would ease some
burden from the government’s shoulders. The petty and minor criminals can also be
employed in some community service projects after providing education and vocational
training.
To put it in a nutshell, I pen down saying that we should hate the crime and not the criminal.
To fight crime we should focus on the causes of crime. Education and job training help to
rehabilitate the criminals. So, people who commit less serious crimes should not be sent to
prison. Focus should be on reforming them. 
Some people think that criminals should not be imprisoned. Instead, education
Some people think that criminals should not be imprisoned. Instead, education
Some people think that criminals should not be imprisoned. Instead, education
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