The number of people being sent to prison is increasing year by year. While some people believe prison is the best way to tackle crime, others suggest that community service is more successful. Discuss both the things and give your opinion

This
is a well-known fact that prisons are becoming overcrowded
now a days
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. In
this
essay, I shall be discussing whether jails are key to
low
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a low
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crime
rate or
community
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whether community
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service
help in
improvement
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the improvement
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of
criminals
.
Firstly
, captivating culprits help
maintaining
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law and order in society, leading to better control of
crime
rates by the Government.
Also
, it has been observed that in some cases, when the
criminals
are released, they are involved in
another crimes
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another crime
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.
Furthermore
, serious offenders
such
as murderers and rapists are
grave
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a grave
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threat to
community
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the community
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and their isolation is required.
On the other hand
,
community
service
is likely to be more successful for people who are involved in
crime
for the
first
time or are juveniles. If
such
persons are imprisoned, it would provide
them
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the
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opportunity
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the opportunity
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of
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acquaintance
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with
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themselves with
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dangerous felons. Absorbing petty
criminals
into
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in
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community
service
will give them
sense
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a sense
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of belonging and may deter them to become
criminals
.
For instance
, my cousin got into bad company and was involved in petty
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shoplifting
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shop lifting
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shoplifting
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. Once he was caught and the court compelled him
with
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to
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community
service
of
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by
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teaching slum children in night school. It was a
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life-changing
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life changing
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lesson for him, which made him
better
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a better
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person.
Also
, staying with his family may have resulted in
better
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outcome. In a nutshell, authorities can punish lawbreakers in many different ways including prison sentences and
community
service
,
however
, I believe it should be regard to their
crime
and
scale
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the scale
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of their danger to society.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Deterrence
  • Retribution
  • Rehabilitation
  • Recidivism
  • Vocational training
  • Cost-effectiveness
  • Sentencing
  • Offenders
  • Justice system
  • Community integration
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