IELTS WIRTING TASK 2 The management of re-educational activities for inmates is a very difficult and controversial topic. If on the one hand the imprisonment has to be thought as punishment, on the other hand, serving a sentence should help criminals to be reintegrated in the society. This essay argues that inmates have to be allowed to get an education but , in addiction, they have to spend time in working for the community. The first point is a juridical argument. A lot of legal systems and constitutions state that criminals have to be re-educated in order to give them another opportunity. Teaching them civics and the main aspects of a democratic and liberal society may help them in achieving this goal. Moreover they can realize the gravity of their actions and blames. Beyond a juridical point of view there are evidences that educational projects give benefits to the whole society as well as to the inmate. A lot of sociological studies have statistically proved a lot of improvements among the states which have invested more in this kind of activities. The data collected by this researches have shown a gradual decreasing in the amount of offenses as well as in number of reiterations per inmate. However this programmes are completely useless if they are not accompanied by other practical activities as social works. The convicts have to be applied to do some useful job for local community as mantaining structures like street or picking up the rubbish from public site as rivers or parks. Overall it is clear that education has a central role in recuperating the criminals, anyway they should not be seen only as passive entities but they have to contribute actively to social needs