Some people who have been in prison become good citizens later and it is often argued that these are the best people to talk to teenagers about the dangers of committing a crime. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

People who have served time in

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prison

tend to become good citizens, but can they be the best person out there to talk to teenagers and explain the risk involved in committing a crime ?

This

is quite debatable.

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essay will discuss why letting ex-prisoners talk to teenagers can be a good thing for

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youngsters. Committing a crime and being in

prison

, teaches a person a lot. Being behind the bars can either break you or make you a better individual. Whether you are in the

prison

for a shorter period of time or for a longer duration, it is a difficult place to be in. People usually turn out to be

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good citizen after getting punished for what they did.

On the other hand

, teenagers are young blooded individuals, whose hormones are raging creating a conflicted mind, making them do absurd things without thinking about the outcome. In

this

case, people who have already experience the result of their rash decisions can be really helpful to guide the individuals in their teens and let them know what could happen to them. Sharing a

first

-hand experience of committing a crime and

then

facing the charges will give exposure to the young adults of what could happen to them if they do the same thing. They’ll get to know how lives can be ruined with the blink of an eye, how irrational and unthoughtful decisions can damage their future to an unrepairable extent and, how the regret of not being careful or responsible can kill them every single moment of their life. The raw, unfiltered image of the

prison

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prisoners will give individuals with raging hormones an insight

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the outcome of them being foolish. So yes, prisoners who turn out to be good citizens can be great teachers as they have been through that and can paint the most realistic image of the sad regretful

prison

life.