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Imprisonment dominates institutional based correction strategies started since the end of 18th century, a century later it was criticized as not acting as rehabilitative agents, but rather as stigmatizing, dehumanization, expensive, cruel and criminogenic. The debate pros and cons of using it as a result of the complexity of its negative effects are increasingly widespread. Community service order are present as an alternative prison sentence to reduce these negative impacts. Carrying out the big theme of community service order and its urgency in reducing the negative impact of imprisonment, this paper will discuss two issues: First, what is the negative impact arises due to the imposition of imprisonment? Second, the extent to which community service order have the relevance of reducing the negative impact of imprisonment? Through a doctrinal study with qualitative analysis, the following findings are found: First, there are so many negative impacts arising from the application of imprisonment that result in very complex follow-up effects, stigmatization, dehumanization and prisonization. Second, because community service order is essentially a punishment which outside of the institution, and finally the community service order is very relevant to reduce the negative impact of punishment application in the institution (imprisonment).