From the beginning of history, humanity has had to deal with crime. Prison, which was originally a place to impose punishment, was the most efficient way. However, these days keeping criminals behind walls and bars is not enough; in fact, keeping in captivity a group of humans has created controversy about the purpose of it. Although rehabilitation could not only bring some benefits such as removing the roots of the problem, also it will help offenders get back to a normal life and to maintain social order. Rehabilitation cannot be the best way to prevent further criminals as punishment does, since it is a reminder to society about the consequences of committing criminal actions.
To begin with a supporting argument, there is no doubt that rehabilitation is able to remove the roots of the problem reasonably instead of simply eradicating criminals from society. With physiological help, offenders can understand that what they have done is wrong, and therefore once they are out of jail they will not commit crimes again. For instance, countries such as Norway are focused on rehabilitating their inmates and the level of reoffending rates is the lowest in the world. Thus, by means of this approach ex-convicts become law abiding citizens. Furthermore, another benefit of rehabilitation is to help delinquents to return to a normal life. After they are freed employment opportunities and the possibility of starting over become plausible since they are interested in being active members of society by making the most of this opportunity. This is evident in some cities in the world such as New York, Newark, and Chicago in which governments allocated one part of the budget to help ex-convicts to get a job as soon as they are out from jail. Therefore, rehabilitation proves to be a better alternative to address the problem.

Lastly, society benefits