Pineapple said:
Trying to make people behave properly through fear is incredibly primitive. In Norway, we generally see it so that a prison isn't a way to punish the prisoners, but a way to keep them away from harming the rest of society. Most criminals are really just people who have had tough experiences in life. To think that punishing them will make them better people is a very strange way of thinking, really. The Norwegian way is to gradually build them up as people again, gradually giving them more freedom and such, untill they're people who can survive in the outside world. Prisons shouldn't be a place to punish people who have had a troubled life, but a place to rehabilitate them. And here in Norway, they are. |
Punishing prisoners is a form of deterent. I actually know some criminals who got out of jail and didn't want to go back. Of course one of them was arrested a few weeks ago and is back in. But most non-homeless people do not want to go to jail. As such many would be criminals don't commit crimes to avoid going to jail.
Their has to be some sort of consequence to commiting crimes. If you do not punish anyone and the result of the crimes is a stay at an Island resort. Where is the lesson to be learned? Don't commit a crime or you'll have to go on vacation?
Since the earliest days of mankind their has been prison systems. It has always worked fairly well or it wouldn't still be in use. Norway is essentially ignoring thousands of years of proven methodalogy.
Now here in Canada, prisons are definatly not horrible. Prisoners do get to do most things normal people do. They get well cooked meals and are forced to take recovery classes. College educations, counsilling and therapy are all included to rehabilitate the criminals. But they are still kept in cell's not allowed internet access and are confined.
P.S- their are several murderers currently in British Columbia prison's who have openly said they will kill again as soon as they are released. Should these murderers who want to kill again be put on and island resort with tons of people and allowed to do what ever they please? One prisoner has killed like 2 fellow inmates already are you saying we should give him a place to live with more victims where he is free to work and do as he pleases?
Plus Norway thinking American Prison's violate criminal's human rights, how high on the hog does everyone deserve to live? Their better not be any homeless in Norway if thats the case because their living conditions would be below the quality of basic life. Heck my living here in Canada is inferior to that of that prison, in Norway the Government wouldn't let me live this poorly?
If Norwegian citizens live worse lifestyles then prisoners than the whole human rights thing is bull. Their is no way in any country that a prisoner who murdered, raped someone should live a higher quality of life then a citizen of that country. At worst case scenerio the prisoner should have the lifestyle of the worst citizen's in the country.
| Galaki said: Any hot and rich Norwegian girl here wanna marry me? |
Man now Galaki wants to Marry a hot Norwegian chick, have her sign all her money or to him in the will. Kill her off and get to go on vacation for a few years before retiring with the chick's money.......jkjk
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