Unemployment and poverty are indisputably the major reasons for crime. Providing vocational education to prisoners inside penitentiaries would definitely reduce joblessness and destitution. However, I disagree with the given statement that providing education to inmates is the best way to reduce crime. it is a good method, but there are other better methods to curb crime. To begin with, the main purpose of prisons is not just to punish criminals, but also to rehabilitate them if this rehabilitation part is not looked into, then the majority of criminals would re-offend after coming out of prison. This is because, such criminals are not accepted by the general public, and nobody likes to give their jobs. Therefore just educating them is not enough to reduce crime. The government must ensure that they are given jobs to fend for their basic needs. Another important fact, which has to be considered, is that these penitentiaries are very costly to maintain. When these inmates are taught ...