Episode 403: The World's Toughest Prisons

The concept is centuries old - when a crime is committed, the perpetrator must face justice. For many civilizations, this has meant imprisonment, but the nature of that incarceration still varies widely depending on where the justice is meted out. To some countries, harsh punishment awaits criminals  while other places take a softer approach. Which is right and what does it mean for our criminal justice landscape? This week's episode is: The World's Toughest Prisons.

SOURCES
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4677&context=honors_theses

https://www.detroitnews.com/picture-gallery/news/world/2019/10/10/photos-norway-different-approach-inmates-mental-illness/2423280001/

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/29/magazine/the-radical-humaneness-of-norways-halden-prison.html

Inside the World's Toughest Prisons, Netflix:

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/dostoyevsky-misprisioned-the-house-of-the-dead-and-american-prison-literature/

https://thelawdictionary.org/article/definition-of-retribution-in-criminal-justice/

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/incarcerated-people-face-barriers-to-reentry-post-prison-how-one-initiative-aims-to-help

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