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Some people think certain prisoners should be made to do unpaid community work instead of being put behind bars. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Crimes, in many countries, have gone beyond a tolerable rate and it is a common practice to put convicted people in prisons. A segment of
society
 opines that not all crimes are equal and repercussion of harsh sentence for all offences is uncivilised. They outline the need for unpaid
community
 service as punishment for mild-offenders and youngsters and I
also
 believe that certain offenders should be given non-custodial sentences. The predominant reason for me to believe in voluntary
community
 service like cleaning streets, planting trees, and working for charity
instead
 of the prison sentence is that many offenders are not born-criminals and circumstances often push them to commit a transgression.
Besides
, when
such
 unpremeditated convicts are expelled from
society
, they incline to re-offend in isolation as there is none to accept them. Apart from
this
, juvenile delinquents should be rehabilitated by indulging them in
community
 services. A recent study reveals that many youngsters who had been in prison for a long time often end up becoming even bigger criminals.
However
, brutal offenders who commit heinous crimes like premeditated murder, vandalism, abduction, hijacking, rapes and so on should be punished to set examples in
society
.
Thus
, the background of a criminal and the motif of a
crime
 should be considered.
For instance
, if a teenager steals food from a store as his mother is starving is a completely different
crime
 than someone robbing an old lady and stabbing her violently. The former deserves a
second
 chance while the latter should be imprisoned. To recapitulate, someone with no previous record of
crime
 and a sensible reason for minor misconduct should be treated differently than a serial killer. The objective of the law is to maintain peace in the
society
, not to punish people.
Thus
 unpaid
community
 service is a great option to let some convicted lament for their
crime
 and do some good for
society
.
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The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

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To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

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