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Guest: Swede (233 days ago)
We have similar places here in Sweden. Minimum security etc. People used to come here form Poland and commit basic crimes in order to be put in prison. In Swedish prisons you get excellent food, TV and so on. The system has changed though. Visitors to the country get deported if they break the law, and charged at home.
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Guest(234 days ago)
So, how many chances do you give a criminal before someone decides he can't be rescued? What then? How do you treat those who can't, or don't want, to be rescued? At what expense to the taxpayer?
PC614, you're most probably right. However, I think the Scandanavians would probably use prison to reform rather than punish. Punishment on it's own, doesn't work. If prison on it's own isn't a deterrant, then it must be used to educate and reform.
To be fair that's probably low security, where inmates can purchase their own pre-approved items, etc. Same as in the UK. You see newspapers churning up stories about how soft prisons are, these would be low-security non-risk ones.
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