The pronouncement of the death penalty on people who intentionally end the life of another citizen by any society amounts to a guilt of the same crime. It is, therefore, believed that instead of making people pay with their lives, they could be sent to prison all their lives. While I agree that serving jail terms is the best punishment in the sense that it helps prune the behaviour of the offender, I disagree that any society becomes guilty for carrying out their civic responsibilities.
Every communion, through its leaders and appropriate agencies, is charged with the responsibility of law enforcement. Making sure there is equal rights and justice for everyone reassures every citizen in a state of their safety. If there is no commensurate punishment for bad behaviour, people will leverage on the porous nature of the law to commit frequent crimes. The government of Lagos State is a good example. On several occasions, they have been on the watch to ensure proper safety of lives - through law enforcement agencies, who escalate any activity that is classified as a felony to appropriate quarters. Subsequently, such people are prosecuted and given a punishment that equates their crime. This makes the city a peaceful one.
Remand in custody could help make a better person out of any criminal. Rehabilitation programs, which avail inmates the opportunity to learn different skills that would make them responsible, might become effective while serving a jail term. For instance, prisoners in Kiri Kiri, Nigeria's largest prison, are pushed into learning different skills. After achieving this, they are sometimes granted freedom - especially when distinguished by what they had learned. They return to the society reformed and ready to give back through good services.
In conclusion, societies should not be seen as guilty for performing their roles, but if they consider imprisonment as the best way to punish offenders, it would not be a bad method because a criminal today might become more meaningful through it.
The pronouncement of the death penalty on
people
who
intentionally
end
the life of another citizen by any
society
amounts to a guilt of the same crime. It is,
therefore
, believed that
instead
of making
people
pay with their
lives
, they could be
sent
to prison all their
lives
. While I
agree
that serving jail terms is the best punishment in the sense that it
helps
prune the
behaviour
of the offender, I disagree that any
society
becomes guilty for carrying out their civic responsibilities.
Every communion,
through
its leaders and appropriate agencies,
is charged
with the responsibility of law enforcement. Making sure
there is equal rights
and justice for everyone reassures every citizen in a state of their safety. If there is no commensurate punishment for
bad
behaviour
,
people
will leverage on the porous nature of the law to commit frequent crimes. The
government
of Lagos State is a
good
example. On several occasions, they have been on the
watch
to ensure proper safety of
lives
-
through
law enforcement agencies, who escalate any activity that
is classified
as a felony to appropriate quarters.
Subsequently
, such
people
are prosecuted
and
given
a punishment that equates their crime. This
makes
the city a peaceful one.
Remand in custody could
help
make
a better person out of any criminal. Rehabilitation programs, which avail inmates the opportunity to learn
different
skills
that would
make
them responsible, might become effective while serving a jail term.
For instance
, prisoners in
Kiri Kiri
, Nigeria's largest prison,
are pushed
into learning
different
skills
. After achieving this, they are
sometimes
granted freedom
-
especially
when distinguished by what they had learned. They return to the
society
reformed and ready to give back
through
good
services.
In conclusion
,
societies
should not be
seen
as guilty for performing their roles,
but
if they consider imprisonment as the best way to punish offenders, it would not be a
bad
method
because
a criminal
today
might become more meaningful
through
it.