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or most of us, " prison " conjures gritty
mental pictures of barred cells, heavy
steel doors, razor wire and criminals
doing hard time. Contrast Norway's new
Halden prison, a $252 million state-of-theart
facility that integrates a restorative justice
philosophy into the design and features of the
building. And Bastøy, an innovative approach
to minimum-security prison set on an island
in Oslofjord.
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Like its counterparts in
health care and social services,
the criminal justice system in
Norway is one of the most
progressive in the world. Its
straightforward aim is to
prevent new criminal acts. The
progressivism comes in three
basic beliefs underpinning its
approach to incarceration: that
prisoners have the same rights as
other citizens, that loss of liberty
is a punishment itself and that
prisoners will return to society.
Not content to lock the door
and throw away the key, NorE=DIDHDC$76HI£N EG>HDC
Viking Magazine - May 2011
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