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Some people think that prison sentences should not be used in dealing with criminals. Education and job training should be used instead. To what extent do you agree on disagree?

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Nowadays many crimes are committed and prisoners are rapidly increasing in each country.
However
, a number of
people
 do not agree that prison should be used with criminals but
instead
, trying to use education and giving them more knowledge to be able to work in the future would be a better solution. I partially agree with the statement and I will argue why in more depth.
To begin
 with, it is clear that as the overall population and social disparities increase, it is likely that more
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crimes
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crims
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 will be
commited
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committed
 and more prison sentences will be made.
Therefore
, it is crucial to find new ways to help prisoners to get a decent life back,
thus
 giving them the tools to do it,
such
 as education and some sort of training to be able to work in different sectors.
For instance
, every jail should offer the opportunity to each prisoner to learn a new job
instead
 of letting these
people
 be on their own and spending their time fighting between each other.
On the other hand
,
however
, in some cases where
a
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persons or many
people
 are killed by some
criminal
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 there should be a
strickter
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stricter
 punishment possibly a life prison sentence.
This
, will probably discourage other
people
 to commit homicide in the future or at least reduce the number of
this
 kind of deaths. In conclusion, I agree with the fact that for minor crimes there should be a different plan for prisoners in order to allow them to reintegrate into
the
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society.
However
, serious punishment must be given to
who
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those who
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 committed homicide.
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