IELTS Writing Task 2 (Part 2)
Some people think that not all criminals should be kept in prison. Some criminals should do unpaid work to help other people in the community. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?
Crimes make people feel worried about the security of themselves as well as their properties. As such, many think that the criminals caught should go in jail in order not to commit more crimes in the future. However, this idea sounds unfair to some due to the fact that not all crimes are really serious. Thus, they should be given a chance to be better people by doing unpaid work that can contribute to the society. In relation to this, I simply go for the later with the following reasons.
It is obvious that the government need much money to support the running of prisons. The money is used for a variety of purposes like maintaining the existing facilities, paying the officials in charge, and taking care of the prisoners. It means newcomers to jail will result in more budget allocated for caring about them. So allowing criminals with non-serious crimes to do unpaid work will apparently become a practical way to reduce the fund spent on jailing. And less serious crimes in this sense can include pickpocketing, recording sensitive videos without permission, and breaking one's inexpensive property.
Besides the aforementioned, doing this kind of job enables criminals to contact with the community and to give contribution to it directly. They will take advantage of interacting with those who might be able to help them out in solving their personal problems in better ways. Because people normally do bad things as a result of being unable to cope with difficulties properly. Subsequently, when trouble goes away from their life, they are most likely to come back to normal.
In fine, it sounds highly rational to let them work with no payment rather than to keep them in 'cages'.
