There are many ways of preventing crime that are much better than prison. Do you agree or disagree with this view?

It is commonly believed that imprisonment is

ineffective method

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an ineffective method

to eliminate criminality. I completely agree with

this

statement since prisons have their high-cost demerits, while other methods can efficiently be applied for

this

purpose. Prison has serious drawbacks that do not let it be

effective way

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an effective way

of preventing

crime

.

Firstly

, the environment in prisons is often conducive to criminalization rather than rehabilitation. Inmates are put together almost regardless of the seriousness of

crime

they have committed, which allows non-violent offenders to interact with other serial criminals and repeat offenders,

thus

encouraging more criminal intentions.

Secondly

, the government

need

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needs

to allocate a large sum of money to prisons. Because criminals have only

negligible contribution

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a negligible contribution

themselves to expenditure on food, cloth and health care in prisons. Apart from that, related to the

second

notion, several countries

such

as the USA have released some criminals earlier than usual to avoid the problems of overcrowding and poor conditions in prisons.

This

, on its own way, gives the chance to offenders to carry on their offensive lifestyle. According to the latest statistics, almost 40% of people leaving prison will

reoffend

money returned to a payer

refund

and be back in prison within three years of their release. So, it is clear that it is about time that we considered alternative punishments. Other punitive methods,

however

, including community service and death penalty as well as proper education about crimes can be helpful to reduce

crime

considerably. The reason why community service is operative factor is that it makes offenders useful and repay their communities, avoids the high cost and overcrowding of prisons as well as protecting them from negative influence that jails usually have. In terms of capital punishment, the fear of death can deter people from committing serious felonies

such

as murder, treason or trespassing.

Furthermore

, criminals involved in terrorism or human trafficking, who might kill hundreds of innocent people, cannot pose a threat any more. It

also

holds certain efficiency to educate everyone, especially young people, about the importance of respecting the laws of society and severe consequences of breaking laws that

government

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the government

has brought in for public safety and betterment. All in all, measures should be taken in order so as to make people aware of the consequences of

crime

. To conclude, my view is that governments should consider the negative impacts that imprisonment has as well as implement other efficient ways of eradicating

offenses

a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others

offences

.