As I said before, I live in what we would call the "Bible Belt" within the USA: Indiana. I've read about, as well watched a few documentaries about Norway's pe

As I said before, I live in what we would call the "Bible Belt" within the USA: Indiana. I've read about, as well watched a few documentaries about Norway's penal system. It's humane and treats people as punished- but still people trying to do better. I remember discussion of a prison 'island' in which prisoners set up a village there. You had a job to learn a trade, and/or get schooling where they were lacking. You had people of all sorts of crimes around, many a time with heavy machinery. Yet one thing was certain: if you treat people like animals, they shall act like it. This 'experiment' proved the opposite: treat them like civilized humans who at one time erred, and they will act like civilized humans. But I live in Indiana. Even despite the restriction of making laws towards or against another religion, this state makes rules that are undoubtedly "Christian". This type of "Christian" however, is bloodthirsty, vindictive, bigoted, and hypocritical. Christians speak of forgiveness, yet are the first here to demand payback and retribution. We have scads of politicians who denounce decent sentencing, and instead attack other politicians for being "Soft on crime". I honestly cannot see when our state (let alone the country) will regain sanity about prison and rehabilitation. It really is that bad.