Interesting video, but could something like this seriously ever work in the U.S.?
It seems unlikely. Even Norway’s highest profile inmates don’t compare to the products of gang culture in America’s cities. Could you imagine the Aryan Brotherhood mingling freely with La Nuestra Familia on a remote island? I’m picturing scenes from that Stone Cold Steve Austin movie “The Condemned”.
This being said, in these times of budget cutbacks, overcrowding and early inmate release, new ideas for lowering rates of recidivism are critical. Those ideas should come from correctional professionals not panicking governors. What’s your take?
~ Luke Whyte, C1 editor