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I would think that this would serve as an incentive for repeat offenders. Unless such are excluded from returning to this same facility. Hell, there are people in this country who are starving or freezing on the street who will break a store window or steal some bread just to get sent to prison where they get warm and fed. Can you imagine if the prison was a resort island instead of just cement walls and iron bars? For those barely surviving on the edge of society, what would be the incentive to NOT commit crime?
I think that a good part of this issue comes down to the differences between the criminal justice systems between the US and Norway. I know that our prisons are <b>packed</b> with citizens charged with drug offenses. How does this compare to Norway? Do you only get sent to prison there if you are doing something to someone besides yourself?
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