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In some countries, people who commit less serious crimes are made to undertake community service* instead of a prison sentence. Some people believe that all people who have committed a crime should be sent to prison. Do you agree or disagree?

#countries #people #crimes #community #service* #prison #sentence #crime
Jail has long been perceived as a
common place
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 for all
kind
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 of
criminals
.
Nevertheless
, some people hold the view that
criminals
 should be made to do community work due to the severity level of the crime. To be honest, I agree with
this
 idea to every extent and
this
 essay will clarify my opinion. There are several reasons to go along with
this
 idea.
First
 and foremost,
to
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 some perspective,
prison
 may not be the ideal place for educating
the
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criminals
. The fact remains that there are many
of
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kind
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kinds
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 of
criminals
, ranging from murderers to drug sellers in the
prison
.
Therefore
, if less serious
criminals
 are sent to jail, they’ll be
inflected
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 by those negative thoughts of the serious
criminals
, leading to more and more
crimes
. Take Vietnam as an example, almost every people commit less serious
crimes
 after taking a
prison
 sentence, they even commit more serious
crimes
 than they used to. On that platform, when being in
prison
, they may endure bullying which may affect them both mentally and physically. As an inevitable result, revenge will be planned and
crimes
 will
be happened
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 again. Those who object
community
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 work for less serious
criminals
 may agree that when they are in the perfect environment - outdoor,
the
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 will escape and more
crimes
 will
be appeared
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.
However
, they should reconsider that working outside can help
criminals
interacting
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 with good people.
Consequently
, their morale will change in
the
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 positive way. In conclusion, with all of those aforementioned reasons, taking community service should be used for
criminals
 with less serious
crimes
instead
 of a
prison
 sentence.
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