Some individuals believe that all criminals should be sent to jail. However, some people argue that there are other activities for those who have minor crimes like social workers. I strongly believe that making them do community work is better because it grooms them as individuals both mentally and socially.
Sending people to jail is a common practice in almost all countries usually when a law is broken and policies are breached. This teaches the criminal about their crime and laws of justice. They are held captive for some time and are released after that time.
The idea of having alternative activities for minor crime prisoners proves to be beneficial as they learn their mistake and instead of punishment they learn moral and ethical values by doing community work. This proves to be helpful in terms of personal grooming and character development.
For example, criminals in Switzerland are made to attend rehabilitation centres where they are given lectures and activities to learn new things and values. The studies shows that 94.6 percent of people that are released never involve in crimes again. Iceland provide criminals with jobs withing the jail and pay them a good amount of money. They also get some leisure time once a month. This practice helps individual to gain practical experience and learn benefits of hardworking.
In conclusion, although sending to jail is an activity practiced across the world for criminals, people with minor crimes should have alternative activities to practice, to gain experience and learn social and ethical values.