Prison is the common way in most countries to solve the problem of crime. However, a more effective solution is to provide people a better education. Agree or disagree.

There are many different opinions on the way to reduce felonies. The traditional solution is to punish mobs by putting them in jail. Some hold the view that schooling and job training are the long-term solutions to cut crime. In my opinion, jail is the only answer in a few situations, but in most cases education, vocational training and rehabilitation are better. Prison is the only answer in the case of mobs who are a risk to society,

such

as murderers. They cannot be made to mix with society and some people say that people would not be afraid of doing felonies if fear of imprisonment is not there. But I still feel that in the majority of cases, we can do without jail. In traditional prisons, people learn a lot about lawlessness and so when they leave prison they will commit even more crimes which basically means that confinements act as universities of a felony. So petty offenders like shop-lifters and pick-pockets should be given some vocational training and education. It is a well-known fact that the basic causes of felonies are poverty, illiteracy and unemployment. So, if we provide schooling and job training

then

we would be removing the causes of the felony. If criminals are rehabilitated by some form of employment, they would certainly not re-offend.

Furthermore

, lockups are expensive to maintain. The government can spend that money on other important matters

such

as science and healthcare.

This

would ease some burden on the government’s shoulders. Petty and minor criminals can

also

be employed in some community service projects after providing education and vocational training. Summing up, we should hate the crime and not the criminal. To fight crime we should focus on the causes of the felony.