A few months back I wrote about the difference between the american Justice system and how we think and act here in Europe. Both the above video and the Time article below proves my point in that blogpost.
My point was; The Justice system in Europe seeks to rehabilitate more than punish. While in the states , revenge or true justice in relation to crime is the goal.
Time magazine ran a story of a new prison facitlity close to my home in Norway. Its goal is to give prisoners a humane and good experiance even in a place regarded as the last resort and a place where no one should want to end up.
A couple quotes that give an idea of what the place is all about:
“Many of the prisoners come from bad homes, so we wanted to create a sense of family,”
“Our goal is to give all the prisoners — we call them our pupils — a meaningful life inside these walls.”
Imagine a world where every prison was like this one, and every prisoner was treated the way they are in this one.
Should prison only be used to punish in accordance to ones crime or can it also be a place of rehabilitating and giving respect and dignity back to those of us who get the least of it. Statistics from Norway prove that treating the outcast, hated and fellon with dignity and love actually gives us à much safer and healthy society!
