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Isn't that basically solitary confinement, which is deemed a violation of the UN convention against torture? I was under the impression from the numerous articl
by pilsetnieks 9y ago
Isn't that basically solitary confinement, which is deemed a violation of the UN convention against torture? I was under the impression from the numerous articles that there are plenty of common rooms, kitchens, workshops, and other activities for inmates in those prisons.
Also, could you please provide a source for your statement that "Unsurprisingly people who have done long stretches of time in Norway's prison system disagree with this article?"
- tokai 9y agoSolitary is very popular in the Scandinavian prison systems. It is even used extensively pretrial, for long periods of time. This is often forgotten when talking about the lenient Scandinavian prisons. https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/42150580/PSS_Scandinavian_Exceptionalism_2012.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1495906998&Signature=u%2BVxt2EDzOacnowYANSTAmQ3RxY%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DA_critical_look_at_Scandinavian_exceptio.pdf https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/42150580/PSS...