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The platform includes articles from external sources to supplement its available information. Reporting on the state of prisons around the world is a complex, laborious task. The Prison Insider team develops a weekly press review in three languages in order to provide wider coverage of current events in the world’s prisons. This monitoring process helps promote journalism by various media and reflects a commitment to transparency and collaboration.
Norway: a case for a rehabilitation oriented prison system
Should incarceration primarily serve as a means of punishment or an opportunity for rehabilitation? The conventional approach in many countries has been to focus on punitive measures in the belief that harsh sentences act as a deterrent to crime. However, Norway's experiment with a rehabilitation-oriented prison system offers a compelling alternative.
Source: The Fulcrum (14/11/2023)