Why Custody is a Good Idea

Why Custody is a Good Idea
A Persuasive Essay by Comrade Odin Callahan Swidzinski

I believe every criminal, no matter if they committed the crime for the first time or second time should get sentenced to prison, even if it is a minor crime or a severe crime.

The reason why it is a good idea is because it costs 100,000 dollars per year for taxpayers to try to rehabilitate criminals for many different offenses using different methods. Custody, in contrast is cheaper than the rehabilitation program, and could easily solve many problems, since custody offers rehabilitation programs and anger management, compared to other solutions which can be so expensive that offenders and victims may have to pay the costs out of their own pocket. Since it is really cheaper to maintain imprisonment, per youth, it is why we should keep being the world leader in putting people in prison.

Why Custody is a good idea is because almost everyone who goes into prison gets better when they are released from prison. For example, a famous gang member, John Doe was sent into prison for 5 years for murder, and now, he is against gang members, and wishes to end gangs altogether inside Ontario. There are a lot of rehab programs in Custody, and even anger management classes, which are more effective than other programs that the Youth Justice Act of Canada plans, which not only is a waste of money, but also impossible to maintain because people may attempt to escape from those problems.

Why it is a good idea to maintain Custody is because of the fact that other programs offered by the YCJA actually can make people bad members of society. Some, like exile to an isolated island can tempt the person to escape from the punishment, and burn their bridges. Because it is a huge issue, it is easier to lock them into prison. Secondly, those programs do not even protect society from these criminals, because it is really easy to try and find a way out. For example, let's say that if someone walked out of a cab, the cab driver would have to try to get that student back to school, leading to a domino effect. Thirdly, people can easily refuse the programs and try to get bailed out of prison, to continue committing crimes. How would you feel if someone who is a robber got arrested and refused all the programs and just paid bail, just to go continue his crimes? Under custody, he will not be able to do that sort of thing, and would make him learn his lesson. That is why we support Custody.

In conclusion, I feel that custody is important to society, however, even if we support human rights, at the end of the day, criminals should be in Custody, and we will not have to worry about them again, because we know they are behind bars. And if they mess up again, they can go back to prison, because it is more humane than any punishment, but with more penalties. In the end, I am proud to know that Custody exists but if it can be used as much as we used to, we will be pleased, knowing that society will be much better than the present day. Custody is way more valuable than any other punishment because it is humane, cheap, separates offenders into categories and makes people better after they get released from prison. Thank you for listening to the essay that was written for a school assignment.

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