News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Sixteen, Alone, 23 Hours a Day, in a Six-by-Eight-Foot Box. Parent comment

Re:Sixteen, Alone, 23 Hours a Day, in a Six-by-Eight-Foot Box by julian37 on Friday March 07, 2014 @07:07PM (#7363588)
You are assuming these prisoners should be prisoners in the first place.

In Norway, there are 71 prisoners per 100,000 population. In the US there are 716. This means that if the US had the same incarceration rate as Norway, 90% of the current prison population wouldn't even be there, never mind the need for rehabilitation.

I'm not Norwegian, but I've spent about a year living there and I can tell you that it doesn't feel at all like there are criminals roaming the street. On the contrary, it felt very, very safe over there.

Here is an interesting article on what prison looks like in Norway: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/europe/091017/norway-open...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Sixteen, Alone, 23 Hours a Day, in a Six-by-Eight-Foot Box by a8da6b0c91d on Friday March 07, 2014 @07:14PM (#7363612)
Norway is for the most part full of Norwegians. I've been there and seen that. America is not full of Norwegians. If you failed to notice that in your year there or upon your return to America, I'm not sure what to say to you.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Sixteen, Alone, 23 Hours a Day, in a Six-by-Eight-Foot Box by julian37 on Friday March 07, 2014 @07:21PM (#7363640)
Are you implying that Americans are, by nature, more criminally inclined than Norwegians?

I'm not American either, by the way.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Sixteen, Alone, 23 Hours a Day, in a Six-by-Eight-Foot Box by a8da6b0c91d on Friday March 07, 2014 @07:26PM (#7363661)
It's rather blatantly obvious, isn't it? Again, if you never noticed that I don't even know what to say.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Sixteen, Alone, 23 Hours a Day, in a Six-by-Eight-Foot Box by lostlogin on Friday March 07, 2014 @07:52PM (#7363732)
I'm confused too. What do you mean? Surely their are 3 options here. America has worse behaved citizens, the system in the US is trying to imprison people, or a combination of both (most likely imho).
[ Parent | on HN ]