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?

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that doing unpaid

community

work

ought to be considered as a punishment for prisoners in certain cases rather than being sent to jail. In my opinion, I believe that governments can cut their costs

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employing offenders in some sectors.

This

approach can

also

reduce the negative impacts

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from being sentenced

in

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to

prison

. A major reason to have

community

work

for specific offenders is that they can be employed in some state sectors to

work

as a form of

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sentence. Indeed, criminals serve their sentence by doing a job in their

community

without any payment while they are not imprisoned.

for example

, they can

work

as cleaning staff to clean the streets or collect the garbage. By doing

this

, not only the government can benefit due to the reduction in budget costs but

also

financial resources allocated to building prisons are saved. Another point to consider is that by taking criminals to jail they mix with other prisoners,

therefore

,

this

can provide an opportunity for minor offenders to educate

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serious ones.

in other words

, those who have become involved in petty crimes can learn major offences when they fall in with the hardened criminals while being in

prison

.

As a result

, a serious

criminal

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will be added to

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society after being released from

prison

.

therefore

, these people are more likely to

reoffend

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re-offend

crimes and

consequently

, the crime figures will not decline. In conclusion, I think that

community

service could benefit

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society in many ways. The governments need

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workforce and the money which is spent on building prisons is slashed as well.

Furthermore

,

this

solution can minimize the effects negatively brought about by

imprisoning

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since the people involved in minor offences do not need to be in

prison

.