As it turns out, this is more like a halfway house. Prisoners usually begin their term in a prison more like one we’d typically recognize – bars on the windows, locked in their cells. But the emphasis there is on successful reintegration into society.
As their sentence progresses, with good behavior, they can move into a facility more like this, where their freedoms are still restricted, but they can do things like network with people outside of prison, search for employment, cook and clean and look after themselves, and begin making plans for their reintegration into society.
As a result, Norway has one of the lowest rates of recidisvism. 20% as opposed to America’s 76%.
It seems like a shocking idea to us because of where and how we live, but apparently, Norwegians are addressing the real problem. When you take people who can’t function well in society, and then…help them do that?…they….do. Without the crime-ing.
Turns out treating people like human beings makes them more likely to act like human beings….
But won’t that incentivize some people to go back there since they get treated so well and get a nice room versus the streets?
If you read the post above, it says Norway’s recidivism rate – that is, the rate of released criminals who go on to be arrested again – is 20% versus 76% in the United States, so for the most part, no.
Isn’t that white-lined black cross on a red field flag a Nazi flag? Are we going to talk about how wonderful it is a Nazi gets a nice halfway house?
The difference between the men’s world cup and women’s is when the men get a small tap on the leg they fall over crying and act like they’re dying to the point they need to be carried off the field. Whereas in the women’s you see actual trips and kicks which look really painful but instead of falling on the floor for 10 min they shake it off get back up so they can take penalty kick.
If any of you even try to deny this just rewatch like any of the past games and you’ll see how many players have fallen over and they were barely even touched. It’s hilarious.
i played field hockey for 10 years and i’ve seen girls with open bleeding wounds on their heads crying and pleading to their coaches to let them keep playing, i swear i’m ok i can go on and men get paid millions to fake serious injuries out of nothing on international television
That’s because the women only get paid if they win.
Awesome example: Abby Wambach: getting her head split open, getting the wound stapled on the sideline, and returning to the game. Note her expression: “oh yeah, blood is gushing from my skull. Huh. Well, hurry up so I can play.”
you all need to think very fucking carefully about repeating this “queer is a slur” horseshit, because it serves a very particular purpose that is definitely not in the interest of the vast majority of the queer (gasp!) community.
how the fuck did all of those renaissance dilettantes learn so much crap? Like they spoke 3 languages and were foremost in several branches of science, plus they wrote poetry, played the violin, and were master artists? And they still had time to be gay?
none of them ever did any laundry at all
The emotional and physical labor necessary to maintain the lifestyles of Renaissance and Enlightenment polymaths was shunted almost entirely to their uncredited servants, slaves, wives, and daughters.
Whenever we compare ourselves to the ‘genius men’ of the past, and wonder why we fall so short, remember this: their intellectual capacity, energy, and freedom was because there was someone else washing the damn dishes.
funeral-biscuit 