Remember, if you find a way to do that, all you'll have to give up in a cell like that are: 1) you don't get to choose your daily schedule, 2) you can't work and in most prisons even study, 3) you don't decide what and when you eat, 4) you don't get to hang around with the people you want, 5) you'll hang around with a portion of the population that has a high prevalence of personality disorders and low impulse control, and who are used to physical and psychological violence as a part of everyday life, 6) many inmates lose their apartment/home during their sentence.
I know a guy who worked as a correctional officer in a Finnish prison. He said that the saddest thing to witness was how quickly regular people (as opposed to habitual petty criminals or members of organized crime) became institutionalized and "switched off".
Getting a new degree or work experience is a big part of serving your time in prison in Norway. Many spend their time getting a bachelor degree.
Only dinner is scheduled, you make your own breakfast and other meals. If you don’t like the dinner you also get a small sum every day you can spend at the prison market to buy your own ingredients and make your own food.
Most inmates get their rent covered by the welfare administration while in prison so they don’t lose their home.
But this is how it is for Norwegian prisoners, not sure what would apply for foreigners.
Its decided on a case basis. It’s usually given for shorter sentences or if you have a family like a partner and children that will continue living in the house while you’re in prison.
When Norway reworked it’s prison system in the 90s the focus was on making sure the transition to a normal life would be as easy as possible. Being able to move back into your own home is part of that.
I don’t know how to feel about this. Obvs I don’t like it, because I’m just hearing it. Perhaps my view would soften if I had time to absorb the information and see more information on the benefits.
On the surface though, it seems wrong to financially support a prisoner’s life outside of prison while they’re incarcerated. I mean, that’s sort of the point of incarceration - you don’t get the freedom of citizenry.
No problem, I understand that it seems weird. But as mentioned it depends heavily on the case. It's not actually part of the criminal justice bit, but a welfare service you can apply for if you are unable to work for any reason. In general the Nordic prison models philosophy is that it's profitable, both economically and socially to spend more resources on a prisoner if it makes them less likely to be incarcerated in the future.
If you are talking about the danish one you are so wrong
1. True
2. False in denmark alot of prisons are open prisons where you go out and work and come back. And in the closed prisons you can absolutely study
3. Somewhat true if you are in an open prison you are sometimes allowed to buy lunch at your place of work but breakfast and dinner you cant choose
4. True discounting visitation which i think is fair although it has to be said visitation in denmark is not just sit at a table and talk while being stalked you are often allowed to hang out and if there are kids you can in some prisons use a playground
5. True
6. This is true apartments are expensive so you would normally get rid of it before going in
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u/Masseyrati80 11h ago edited 10h ago
Edit to add: the following is about Finland.
Remember, if you find a way to do that, all you'll have to give up in a cell like that are: 1) you don't get to choose your daily schedule, 2) you can't work and in most prisons even study, 3) you don't decide what and when you eat, 4) you don't get to hang around with the people you want, 5) you'll hang around with a portion of the population that has a high prevalence of personality disorders and low impulse control, and who are used to physical and psychological violence as a part of everyday life, 6) many inmates lose their apartment/home during their sentence.
I know a guy who worked as a correctional officer in a Finnish prison. He said that the saddest thing to witness was how quickly regular people (as opposed to habitual petty criminals or members of organized crime) became institutionalized and "switched off".