Studies show that many criminals have a low level of education. For this reason, people believe that the best way to reduce crime is to educate people in prison so they can know when they leave prison. Do you agree or disagree?

Unemployment and poverty are indisputably the major reasons for

crime

. Providing vocational

education

to prisoners inside penitentiaries would definitely reduce joblessness and destitution.

However

, I disagree with the

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statement that providing

education

to inmates is the best way to reduce

crime

. it is a good method, but there are other better methods to curb

crime

.

To begin

with, the main purpose of prisons is not just to punish

criminals

, but

also

to rehabilitate them if

this

rehabilitation part is not looked into,

then

the majority of

criminals

would re-offend after coming out of prison.

This

is because,

such

criminals

are not accepted by the general public, and nobody likes to give their jobs.

Therefore

just educating them is not enough to reduce

crime

. The government must ensure that they are given jobs to fend for their basic needs. Another important fact, which has to be considered, is that these penitentiaries are very costly to maintain. When these inmates are taught vocational skills

such

as carpentry, a lot of infrastructure is required.

While

all

this

expenditure may help a few prisoners,

but

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it may be futile in the case of those hard-core

criminals

who are not in there because of illiteracy or unemployment. Their trust has a criminal bent of mind. They would never become useful members of society even after

such

education

. Rigorous imprisonment would be better to deter potential

criminals

. The best way to reduce

crime

would be to never let it happen in the first place. Laws should be enforced so strictly that people should think a hundred times before resorting to

crime

. Compulsory primary

education

should be given to all children. Youth unemployment should be dealt with by creating job openings or by encouraging entry pre ne u rs hip.

To conclude

, it can be reiterated that

while

educating the prisoners and trying to make them self-sufficient would be good

to reduce

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crime

, the better methods would be to stop

crime

from happening in the first place.