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[quote=Anonymous]Food for thought:

[quote]Norway's criminal justice system focuses on the principle of restorative justice and rehabilitating prisoners. Correctional facilities in Norway focus on the care of the offender and making sure they can become a functioning member of society again. Norway has one of the lowest recidivism rates in the world, in 2016 it was 20% within 5 years,[1][2] with approximately 3,933 offenders in prison,[3] and one of the lowest crime rates in the world.[4] Norway's prisons are renowned for being some of the best and most humane in the world. Norway does not have the death penalty or sentence people to life imprisonment. The maximum custodial sentence is 21 years;[2] however, the courts do have the power to add more years to the inmate's sentence as they see fit during his/her sentence if they do not feel that the inmate has been fully rehabilitated.[/quote]

There is something to be said for a model of humane incarceration with a focus on restorative justice that has proven to be highly effective - THE most effective incarceration system in the world.

And yes, Norway’s society isn’t the same as ours, but the method of treating prisoners like human beings of inherent worth, and helping them to learn empathy and consequences by a restorative justice process, is entirely possible here, too. It would just be a matter of will. In fact, it was once the way incarceration was approached in this country many decades ago.

A lot of people grow up in traumatic homes full of neglect and violence. They won’t learn to be any different by experiencing more of the same while incarcerated. Treat them to loving kindness and essentially reparent them in all the aspects of good character and good citizenship and you’ll more than likely end up with a human being who can contribute and be no further threat to society.

We will never eradicate crime, but that is no reason to throw all the babies out with the bath water.[/quote]

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