Sweden Is Closing Prisons Due to Lack of People to Put In - TopicsExpress



          

Sweden Is Closing Prisons Due to Lack of People to Put In Them The issue isnt lack of crime in Sweden—in fact, the crime rate has actually increased slightly there—but rather a strong emphasis on rehabilitating criminals, rather than locking them up. The prison population declined 6 percent between 2011 and 2012. In the United States, by comparison, federal facilities are 40 percent over capacity.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 22:19:45 +0000

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