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While the UK and much of the world struggles with overcrowded prisons, the Netherlands has the opposite problem. It is actually short of people to lock up. In the past few years 19 prisons have closed down and more are slated for closure next year. How has this happened - and why do some people think it's a problem?
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"In the Dutch service we look at the individual," says Van der Spoel."If somebody has a drug problem we treat their addiction, if they are aggressive we provide anger management, if they have got money problems we give them debt counselling. So we try to remove whatever it was that caused the crime. The inmate himself or herself must be willing to change but our method has been very effective. Over the last 10 years, our work has improved more and more."
He adds that some persistent offenders - known in the trade as "revolving-door criminals" - are eventually given two-year sentences and tailor-made rehabilitation programmes. Fewer than 10% then return to prison after their release. In England and Wales, and in the United States, roughly half of those serving short sentences reoffend within two years, and the figure is often higher for young adults.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday November 12 2016, @01:37AM
No, we the United States should ship all of our refugees and illegal aliens, including Mexicans, to the Nederlands. Win-Win. America is made great again and Europe intensifies their barreling trajectory towards their multicultural paradise.
By the way, I really missed participating in the "Trump Won" discussion, but word on the street is that you all behaved yourselves. All of us cannot, after all, be on the winning side of history.
(Score: 1) by moondoctor on Saturday November 12 2016, @01:58AM
Dear Sir/Madam,
Your mastery of the inflammatory/ambiguously sarcastic troll is beauty to behold. My hat is off to you.
More to the point: yeah better to have people from all viewpoints talking, the echo chamber does nobody any good. Nothing will get better til the screaming stops, and we all agree something needs doing. To those that think Trump will sort it out, or do *anything* he claimed - time will tell.
Now, back to the rocket powered undersea cable discussion...
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Username on Saturday November 12 2016, @02:11AM
Nah, I cannot agree with shipping all refugees and aliens, we need to keep the intelligent, hard working, non islamic ones. That why it’s best to start off with prisoners. Very doubtful someone with a life sentence can benefits our society.
Just need to give them a sappy tune like, "I’m scared Trumps going to execute me because I’m " & ProtectedClass & "."
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday November 12 2016, @02:23AM
You have a point. Actually, we could do goodwill swaps of prisoners with European countries, kinda like how Americans do the "sister cities" thing with other cities worldwide.
We could give Norway Mumia Abu-Jamal [wikipedia.org] in exchange for Anders Brevik - a classic Win-Win situation. Mumia gets great medical care and gets to play X-box and Playstation (while living in a cell more luxurious than my own studio apartment) and we get to pardon Brevik and give him a tickertape parade as a hero who brilliantly foreshadowed the controlled destruction of Europe through unfettered Islamic immigration.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday November 12 2016, @05:11AM
This is a work of art, Eth :) I don't know whether you believe half the shit that spews from your front-mounted diarrhea launcher, and I don't care; there is artistry here. Granted it's basically fecal fingerpainting, but you do it so well, like those street artists who make space scenes using spraypaint.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by Username on Saturday November 12 2016, @05:51AM
IDK about moderate rebel Breivik, but I could see doing it for Assange.
(Score: 2) by fritsd on Saturday November 12 2016, @11:43AM
This is your best trolling ever!
I haven't seen such a cruel post since Coldfjord on Slashdot!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 12 2016, @08:12AM
I remember when Fidel shipped boatloads of criminals to the US of A, boy was that ever good for a laugh.
(Score: 2) by cmn32480 on Monday November 14 2016, @12:16AM
Many of them were political prisoners and have turned out just fine. I'm related to at least one.
"It's a dog eat dog world, and I'm wearing Milkbone underwear" - Norm Peterson