Some
people believe that it is better to keep criminals in prison for longer, while
others disagree and say that we must find a different solution. Discuss both
views and give your own opinion.
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| Ielts Essay - Imprisonment-justified or not |
Confining convicts to a small
room of a jail has been a conventional practice, being perpetuated since time
unknown, but of late there has been a suggestion from various social theorists
that instead of locking up such people, some other methods which might prove to
be helpful should be adopted.
Keeping people, involved in nefarious
activities behind the bars, seems to be losing supporters among both the
government and the public, since it is felt that this exercise is simply a criminal
wastage of money of tax payers. The hard
earned money in no way should be spent on feeding such people imprisoned due to
unlawful acts. Many have come forward with suggestions that propos sending such
unlawful elements to hard labor camps and making them earn their bread and
butter, but not letting them out in the free world.
Similarly, others have gone
to extent of suggesting that governments should invest in reforming these
people intellectually, and also provide them training in various fields that
could enable even the hardened lawbreakers to lead a reformed life and prove to
be an asset rather than a liability to the society.
However, the critics are
quite cynical of thrifty and reformist approach, and suggest continuation of
practice of imprisonment. The cost of damage criminals can do to society while
roaming free, would be much higher than money spent on maintaining corrective
facilities. In no way, ones, notorious for unlawful activities can be dissuaded
from such practice. Such people pose a serious threat to the public life and
safety, and keeping perpetrators of crimes away from public life is critical
for a safe society, at whatever cost.
Henceforth, I feel that it is
advisable to keep criminals out of social life, locked up in corrective
facilities.
