Community service is the best punishment for young people who commit a small crime. Do you agree or disagree?
Community service is the best punishment for young people who commit a small crime.  2r5LX
In Singapore, when a young person commits a petty crime such as graffiti on public properties, he or she is normally sentenced to prison, given a fine, or community service. In my opinion, I believe that community service is the best option.
First of all, community service often persuades a young person not to commit crimes again. For instance, working with sick children or old people makes young offenders realize that there are people who have more difficult lives than they do. It is known that community service provides an educational experience that is beneficial for young people whereas, going to prison or paying a fine is not.
Secondly, spending time in prison results in young people meeting other criminals who might have committed serious crimes such as murder, fraud or drug-dealing. Mixing around these offenders enables them to learn more about the criminal world. This may tempt them into committing more serious crimes in the future. In addition, in prisons, many of the prisoners take drugs and this is terrible example for young offenders.
To sum up, I believe that community service has important advantages 6. both for minor offenders and for the community. It teaches young offenders
to learn from their mistakes in a positive way and prevent them from
re-offending. 
In Singapore, when a  
young
 person commits a petty  
crime
 such as graffiti on public properties, he or she is  
normally
 sentenced to  
prison
,  
given
 a fine, or  
community
  service
. In my opinion, I believe that  
community
  service
 is the best option. 
First of all
,  
community
  service
  often
 persuades a  
young
 person not to commit  
crimes
 again.  
For instance
, working with sick children or  
old
  people
  makes
  young
 offenders realize that there are  
people
 who have more difficult  
lives
 than they do. It  
is known
 that  
community
  service
 provides an educational experience  
that is
 beneficial for  
young
  people
 whereas, going to  
prison
 or paying a fine is not. 
Secondly
, spending time in  
prison
 results in  
young
  people
 meeting other criminals who might have committed serious  
crimes
 such as murder, fraud or drug-dealing. Mixing around these offenders enables them to learn more about the criminal world. This may tempt them into committing more serious  
crimes
 in the future.  
In addition
, in  
prisons
,  
many
 of the prisoners take drugs and this is terrible example for  
young
 offenders.
To sum up, I believe that  
community
  service
 has  
important
 advantages 6.  
both
 for minor offenders and for the  
community
. It teaches  
young
 offenders
to learn from their mistakes in a  
positive
 way and  
prevent
 them from
re-offending.