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Norway's controversial 'cushy prison' experiment - could it catch on in the UK?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/mos...ersial-cushy-prison-experiment--catch-UK.html
I think we definitely need to rethink our prison problem, but this seems to go way to far. It may work in Norway where there are relatively few in prison and the population is homogeneous and few in gangs.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/mos...ersial-cushy-prison-experiment--catch-UK.html
Can a prison possibly justify treating its inmates with saunas, sunbeds and deckchairs if that prison has the lowest reoffending rate in Europe? Live reports from Norway on the penal system that runs contrary to all our instincts - but achieves everything we could wish for.
I think we definitely need to rethink our prison problem, but this seems to go way to far. It may work in Norway where there are relatively few in prison and the population is homogeneous and few in gangs.