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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (5 children)

What's going on in Norway? I'm out of the loop.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

By moving to 'murica, duh!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I would benefit from some rehab

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month 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.

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