Norway has one of the lowest recidivism rates in the world, around 20%. Ours is much higher, between 40-50%.
How many members of Tango Blast, La Eme, MS13, Aryan Nations, etc. are in their prisons?
Interesting. Defies logic.
I don’t know if you can make a direct comparison of recidivism between the US and Norway - and attribute the difference to the prison system.
As far as I know, Norway doesn’t have the kind of gang activity that we do....i.e. an entire class of people who have chosen crime as a profession. It doesn’t matter how nice you treat them in prison...as soon as they get out, they will ‘get back to work’ and commit more crimes.