Some
people are sure that sending to prison is the only way to
punish
criminals. However, a lot of people believe there are far
more
effective punishments for criminals than prison.
Nowadays
that punishment for offenders has become a very
controversial
issue. Some people believe that imprisonment is a very
effectual
solution to the problem, whereas others believe that that
there is a
need to use another way to punish criminals. So where is
the truth?
In my
opinion, the prison is not the most preferred among different
ways to
re-educate those who break the law. Firstly, imprisonment
can
completely change a person but not necessarily for the better. A
prisoner
has to live into close space, practically without contact with
the outside
world that can cause serious mental disorders. Moreover,
there may
be some difficulties in adaptation to normal life after leaving
prison.
Secondly, offender’s surrounding will certainly affect any
person, who
can adopt many negative habits from them, therefore
may be
ready to commit a crime again. Finally, such a way of
punishment
is often not right in different situations. For example, I
think that
economic crimes do not deserve the same imprisonment
sentence as
murders.
Nevertheless,
some people think that prisons help to keep society
safe from
dangerous persons. They say that isolation gives criminals
time to
speculate on their wrong deeds.
This may be
true, but I assume that those people have forgotten that
once an
offender will be released from prison and possibly will
continue to
make crimes because the situation and surrounding can
destroy his
mind, so after prison, a man can be more dangerous than
before.
In
conclusion, I am strongly convinced that people should use other
methods to
punish offenders. Prisons often do not fulfill their function
to fix people and sometimes even harm a person`s
identity.
