Progression of Jails through Maximum Prisons County – State – Federal Institutions Community Corrections Women in Corrections Juvenile Corrections Probation and Parole Institutional Programs The Prison Experience
Inside the walls of the toughest prison in the US, a fork is a deadly weapon. Inside the walls of Norway’s toughest prison, a fork is, well … a fork.
The differences extend far past silverware. In just about every way, the approaches that the US and Norway take to criminal justice fall on opposite ends of the spectrum. While the US uses isolation to punish offenders and keep them away from civil society, Norway prefers to rehabilitate its inmates so they can return to the outside world — there are no life sentences.
