- Read the following article about Norwegian Prisons (it’s also posted on Canvas in Unit 4) com/2015/03/29/magazine/the-radical-humaneness-of-norways-halden-prison.html” class=”external” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/29/magazine/the-radical-humaneness-of-norways-halden-prison.html (Links to an external site.)
- Watch this video about the North Dakota Prison Experiment https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2018/03/08/welcome-to-prison-full-doc-orig-cm.cnn (Links to an external site.)
- Write a minimum of 1 page double-spaced (2 pages max) describing:
- How the Norwegian prison system operates
- The ways in which the Norwegian prison system differs from the United States prison system
- Your thoughts on the North Dakota prison experiment (e.g., do you think incorporating Norwegian principles into the U.S. prison system will work? Why or why not? Are there any elements of Norwegian prisons that you think could be incorporated into the U.S. prison system? Why?)
- What you found to be most interesting about this prison system
- Upload a word document with your response to Canvas
Western Carolina University Norwegian Prison System Discussion Questions
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