@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 months agoI looked it up. I struggle to live not as well as a Norwegian prisoner.ani.socialimagemessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up11.31K
arrow-up11.31KimageI looked it up. I struggle to live not as well as a Norwegian prisoner.ani.social@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 months agomessage-square144fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink23•2 months agoThe Norwegian prison system emphasizes rehabilitation over punishment. Norwegian prisons are generally decent places. Turns out that treating prisoners like human beings makes them much less likely to reoffend and go back to prison.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink14•2 months agoBut if they don’t go back to prison, how are private for-profit prison owners supposed to keep collecting easy, lucrative checks from the government?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months ago Turns out that treating prisoners like human beings makes them much less likely to reoffend and go back to prison. What’s really fascinating is that in Norway this is generally seen as a good thing.
The Norwegian prison system emphasizes rehabilitation over punishment. Norwegian prisons are generally decent places. Turns out that treating prisoners like human beings makes them much less likely to reoffend and go back to prison.
I would benefit from some rehab
But if they don’t go back to prison, how are private for-profit prison owners supposed to keep collecting easy, lucrative checks from the government?
By moving to 'murica, duh!
What’s really fascinating is that in Norway this is generally seen as a good thing.