What the rest of the world can learn from Norway's prison system
Other western countries could learn from the Norwegian approach to incarceration, which prioritizes rehabilitation through education, support and quality of prison living conditions.
Gordon B. Dahl is a Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego. He is also an Affiliated Professor at the Norwegian School of Economics, a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Research Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), a CESifo Research Fellow, and a Fellow of the Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality.