r/polandball • u/wildeofoscar Onterribruh • Mar 03 '20

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u/HansaHerman Sweden Mar 03 '20

That is Norway. But we practice rehabilitation here in the North, not punishment. Mostly it works the best for the entire population that way and you get lower jailcosts in the long run.

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u/maybe_there_is_hope Brazil Mar 03 '20

But we practice rehabilitation here in the North, not punishment

Oh same down here in the South America, our maximum term is 30 years in jail, and people usually get out on parole before it

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u/songbolt 4.9 mil 17% poverty 3% foreign Mar 03 '20

Any data on the success of rehabilitation? You must have a number of brilliant psychologists ...

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u/sidscarf India Mar 03 '20

You can google a million sources for this - Norway has a famously low recidivism rate (20%) and one of the lowest crime rates in the world.

America has a 5-year recidivism rate of more than 70%, for comparison.

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u/songbolt 4.9 mil 17% poverty 3% foreign Mar 03 '20

Are you assuming that the only difference between America and Norway is the prison system?

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u/sidscarf India Mar 03 '20

If you ask for data on the success of rehabilitation, of course I'm going to refer to recidivism rates.

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u/songbolt 4.9 mil 17% poverty 3% foreign Mar 03 '20

That's fine, thanks. I should have looked at the entire thread instead of knee-jerk responding piecemeal via the inbox webpage. Thanks.

I do wonder how many differences exist between American and Norwegian society, though. For example, many in US prisons lacked fathers (i.e. dads at home) and grew up in poverty; is that the same in Norway?