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mk · 4491 days ago · link · · parent · post: A Different Justice: Why Anders Breivik Only Got 21 Years for Killing 77 People
I disagree here. I think it is categorically different with the American model. The author's treatment of the American model is too apologetic. The US prison system is a travesty. Perhaps the most you could say for it is that it might make some victims feel better.The process continues during the incarceration, which is treated less as a form of punishment than as a sort of state-imposed rehabilitation. It's not a categorial difference from the American model, which includes a number of rehab and therapeutic offerings, but, with Breivik about to enjoy some not insignificant creature comforts in his three-room cell, the emphasis is clearly distinct.