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This article talks about how Norwegian prisons treat their inmates. They are confined similar to American facilities but they are allowed much more liberties. Norway has the lowest repeat offender rate in all of the EU. Which also reduces the amount of money spent on the correctional system in their country.

This article talks about Norway's somewhat radical approach to the prison system. It highlights some of the aspects in Norwegian that are used to help convicts become productive members of society rather than simply punishing them out of spite.