Some people think that the best way to reduce crime is to give longer prison sentences. Others, however, believe there are better alternative ways of reducing crimes. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

There are competing views on how to reduce criminal activities. For some, it can be lowered by giving longer

sentences

to prisoners,

instead

in my opinion there are better options that we can apply to reach that goal. First of all, longer

sentences

could give

people

more time to think about what they have done. Of course, for every action there is a consequence, so, it is right to give lifetime

sentences

to

people

that committed heavy

crimes

, but in my view, extending

sentences

, with the aim to resolve the discussed problem, is not a solution.

In other words

, those types of

sentences

will not change anything,

people

would still commit

crimes

because the sentence itself is not related to the number of

crimes

committed.

As a consequence

, there will be only crowded

prisons

, specifically, the described will lead to more difficulty to allocate

people

that committed

crimes

because there would be no room for them. Take,

for example

, what is happening in countries,

such

as The United States, where you can clearly see that the explained practice was implemented and, in spite of solving the problem, it only created new ones.

Furthermore

, I agree with the fact that we need to find better solutions to solve the current issue. To reduce statistical crime activities, we need to start with the concept of the

prison

itself. The main goal of

prisons

is not only to close in a cell dangerous

people

, but it is to open those doors and help, the once prisoners, return back into society.

Instead

, in a lot of situations, most prisoners live in inhuman conditions. The fact is that,

for instance

,

people

, after

prison

years, do not have anyone to speak to, to ask for help, because of

this

aspect they return to doing the only thing they know, and the mentioned is what bought them, the first time, in

prison

. So the main solution would be to create a community that would help

people

to establish more connections, after all the years they passed in

prison

, in order to live a life without committing

crimes

. In conclusion, making longer

sentences

, in my opinion, is not going to reduce crime, but it is only going to create more issues,

such

as crowded

prisons

.

On the contrary

, trying to help

people

to build a life outside of the

prisons

, could be a better solution to prevent other

crimes

to happen in the future.