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Inside the World's Most Humane Prison

Sat, 08/25/2012 - 06:23 — augustin
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This photo gallery is absolutely a must see:
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1989083,00.html

Anders Behring Breivik, the man accused of the July 22 killing spree and bomb attack, could be sent to Halden, a Norwegian high-security prison that aims to rehabilitate criminals with comfortable and thoroughly modern facilities.

Comments on justice goals and penalties

Fri, 08/24/2012 - 18:00 — MichaelO
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  • Rehabilitation vs protection vs punishment vs deterrence (1 post)

I'd like to explain what I was saying before, on this subject. I didn't say it at all well, and so I'm posting this explanation instead.

In discussing and answering the criminal-justice question, I discussed violence in schools.

Ian Rankin talks to Anne Perry (Juliet Hulme): video + transcript

Mon, 08/11/2008 - 10:15 — augustin
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  • Anne Perry (1 post)
  • heavenly creatures (1 post)
  • Juliet Hulme (1 post)
  • murder (1 post)
  • redemption (1 post)

Below is a beautiful interview with very good answers by Anne Perry. While her crime was horrible, I can feel that she is now a good person, very spiritual, and, importantly, very incapable of committing the same crime ever again.

All criminals are diseased people. She is obviously cured. Curing criminals should be the purpose of the Justice system. In this case, it worked. God bless her.

Background information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavenly_Creatures (movie)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker-Hulme_murder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Perry

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