• Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world
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    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.

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      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?

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      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.