How Norway's Prisons Are Different From America's | NowThis

NORWAY'S PRISON SYSTEM: ‘The most important thing is how we treat people’ — Norway has developed a prison system that looks a bit different from that in the U.S., which has the world’s largest incarcerated population.

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[iverbyrkjedal]

"We take away their freedom, but not their humanity".

[iwillroam]

Norway is a country, though, with citizens, America is a business, with employees.

[Χριζαϊων_Ζηνόβῐος]

These prisons are nicer than most American schools

[parkerray]

I had a brother who spent a good portion of his life in prison in the US. When he was released, almost every employer would not hire him due to his record. He was forced to work in the lowest most physical jobs because those were the only jobs that he could get. He died at 49 working the back of a garbage truck. The week before his death, he called me and told me that he had to find a better job because working the back of a garbage truck was killing him. He died at 2:00 am from a heart attack in his sleep. We do not give these men a second chance and it is a tragedy!

[JerryC]

Prison is big business here. And business’s own this nation we call home. Simple as that. Norway actually wants to make things better.

[khairyfarhan]

So Norweigan prison is like "Ok you've made mistakes. Now, you get to do a tutorial mode and practice on adult life."

[elephantchang]

There really is no point in comparing the US with civilised countries.

[AnarchySquared]

It's really easy to think "They treat them so nicely." when in reality they just treat them as human beings.

[imggt]

As said by a wise man. “America is a third world country with a Gucci belt”.

[PhantomMite]

Big Difference: Norway actually tries to rehabilitate its citizen. United States profiting off its citizens.

[Saturnia]

I love how the Norwegian guards are so soft spoken... but then it cuts to the American woman and she just yells into the camera.

[Boringcountrylife]

Wow. Having had several close relatives in prison this video is inspiring. That is a prison system I would want to support and work for. You are giving the inmates an opportunity to live a better healthier life that they can build on once free instead of treating them like animals. So many have never experienced a healthy life and therefore keep repeating the only thing they know.

[giannivandenbosch]

There’s a saying, in which this rehabilitation progress works;
“Surround yourself by 5 hobby chefs, and you become the 6th
Surround yourself by 5 investors, and you become the 6th
Surround yourself by 5 thugs, and you become the 6th”
They removed the criminality around them, and instead made them surrounded by people who were working on their future, so he becomes also an inmate who works on his future

[runarandersen]

Even as a Norwegian this makes so much sense. Those are going to be someone’s neighbor some day. Where do you want them to have served their sentence?

[shashipancholi]

Facts: Low recidivism rates = safer society + less tax money spent + happier individuals

Private prisons: NO THANKs

[rosemarymonty]

Norway also has the “drunk driver” completely in control. I lived there for over 3 years. And if anyone was caught over the limit it was a mandatory 2 weeks in jail. Everybody knows that when people go away for 2 weeks it’s not for a vacation. 3rd offense you lose your license. In Oslo on New Years night the main highway into downtown Oslo to and from, had 2 taxi’s - nothing else! Whoever we invited to our place for supper there was always one in the couple who was the designated driver. You must also remember that Norway is a significantly smaller Country than the U.S. also in the States in the Reagan years - there was the 3 strikes and your out - which caused immense overcrowding in the prison systems. And, one of the main issues is that the US Prison system is privately owned.

[JordanBeagle]

Treat people like humans and they'll act like humans

Treat people like animals and they'll act like animals

[sunnysunshine]

I mistook the 1st guy as an employee, but he's an inmate. Wow!!!

[MrGrey-zccy]

American: "Prison should be worse than the outside or people will commit crimes to get in."
Norwegian: "This IS worse than the outside. Welcome to Norway."

[gast]

I heard a saying that kind of relates to the US prison system: "Lock away someone in a cage and give them nothing to make better choices, don't be surprised if a wild animal comes out."