Could you mind helping me with this IELTS WRITING Task 2 essay

Task 2: Some people think sending criminals to prison is not an effective way to deal with them. Education and training are better for them. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

It is often argued that governments should not force criminals to serve prison sentences due to the ineffectiveness, but rather be softer on crimes by applying education and training. I partly agree with this perspective.

On the one hand, there are reasons explaining why some people support the idea of using educational environment and training on deterring criminals. First, in terms of involuntary offenders, normally the law-abiding ones, long prison sentences would seem to be too ruthless and not socially widely accepted. Due to the fact that they might have committed the crimes not on purposes, such as for self-defense or feeding their family when it comes to robbery, not for their own profit. That is why non-custodial verdicts such as community service orders, vocational education and probation orders would be handed out and act as a deterrent. Second, for serious crimes, even homicide, were they to not fully and properly educated to change their nature from a criminal into a good human, it would be a waste to send them to prison. Moreover, through education and training, the officials may gain more insights into the motive of criminal offenses, and thus to come up with more congruous solution to reduce crime rate.

However, as far as I am concerned, to culminate the effectiveness of tackling crimes, governments should utilize more appropriate ways. Hardly could any solution be more practical than using rigorous supervision on criminals, alongside the education and training. As I mentioned above, notorious crimes with unethical behavior basically need much time to change for the better. It means in the early stage of using education and training, there was a high possibility they could reoffend, and may negatively affect their counterparts. In addition, in terms of cases that are too heinous and dangerous, the full weight of the law and the policy of zero-tolerance must be imposed in order to protect social security.

In conclusion, governments should ponder using alternative ways to penalize offenses but in a way of flexibility. It means the leaders should combine education and training with strict policy before granting a certain summary judgement.