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harry_pothead (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 10:48 PM Original message |
Norway Builds the World's Most Humane Prison |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. I bet they don't make a lot of jokes about people getting raped in prison in Norway |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. The rational (the mature) thing would be to be more concerned about the spread of disease |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. We sometimes do, but it's a more a cultural reference to US prisons , no joke. nt |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. Proof this country needs to wake up and realize just how pathetic we trully are as a whole. |
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Meldread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 01:22 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Should someone begin running the warm bathwater and get the razer blades? |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 01:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. It's always funny, isn't it. |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 04:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Penetrating observation. You guys have no monopoly on bad policy... |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Sweden has a similarly humane prison system, and between them, Norway and Sweden have |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. As long as the prison-industrial complex is in power here.. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-02-10 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. The rest of the world is so much more progressive than we are. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 05:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Well, not the whole world, but certainly major parts of it which we should be able to match. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
8. I would like to see this approach in the US for non-violent offenders. |
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Meldread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 02:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. It is truly hard to imagine, isn't it? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Their system is a success for their society if they |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 04:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Not true |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 05:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I've heard that the percentage of true hardcore sociopaths is about 2% |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
10. Oh! New retirement aspirations for me! |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I'm sure they've considered the possibility of |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
14. A prison where once you get out you actually stand a chance of not being sent back |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. It's a very good idea to treat inmates like human beings, teach them trades, |
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Raejeanowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
20. Sorry |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. But it works, and the recidivism rates are way lower |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
21. Soft on terror |
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miscsoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. Can't argue with success. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
25. Nice. You could kill annoying people and be rewarded. |
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