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Re:At $75K, housing a prisoner in California now costs more ... by monocasa on Friday March 22, 2019 @08:15AM (#19461768)
Your own link shows that Norway has less than half the recidivism rate as the US.
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Re:At $75K, housing a prisoner in California now costs more ... by prepend on Friday March 22, 2019 @01:55PM (#19465059)
I tried to describe how this document has many limitations. I also don’t think 36% (if accurate), although better than the US, means Norway has figured it out.

My comment above did not intend to convey that the US has great prisons or that other countries have great prisons. I meant that recidivism is bad and too many criminals come back into the prison system.

Can the US improve? Of course. Can the US learn from other countries? Of course. Is rehabilitating criminals a solved problem that the US is ignoring? No.

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