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'When John Pratt visited one of Sweden's "open prisons" outside the capital
Stockholm, he was shocked at what he saw.
"There was a carpark for the inmates and they commuted to Stockholm during the
day for work," he tells ABC RN's
Rear Vision.
"If they were going to be back late at night, they would phone the prison and a
meal would be left out for them when they got back."
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Pratt, an emeritus professor from the Institute of Criminology at the Victoria
University of Wellington, says it was all "difficult to digest … but that's how
it works".
Open prisons can be found across the Nordic countries of Sweden, Norway,
Denmark and Finland, and are just one element of criminal justice systems that
are very different to Australia.
There, it's generally accepted that punishment and rehabilitation go hand in
hand, and that prisoners, no matter what their crime, have certain rights.
And it appears to be working — these countries have some of the lowest crime
rates and lowest rates of recidivism in the world.
So what are these Nordic countries doing differently and what can Australia
learn from them?'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
