Pete Posted March 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 It has to be said Norway's prison service is unusual even in Europe. They had a scheme in the UK for young offenders in which they would go camping, rock climbing, hiking, and boating. It had a 90% success rate as they did not reaffend. Then a right wing national newspaper go hold of it and complained that they.were being rewarded for crime. The scheme got closed and the success rate dropped to below 20%. Totally stupid. Quote Link to comment
Jonathan H. B. Lobl Posted March 2, 2020 Report Share Posted March 2, 2020 6 hours ago, Pete said: It has to be said Norway's prison service is unusual even in Europe. They had a scheme in the UK for young offenders in which they would go camping, rock climbing, hiking, and boating. It had a 90% success rate as they did not reaffend. Then a right wing national newspaper go hold of it and complained that they.were being rewarded for crime. The scheme got closed and the success rate dropped to below 20%. Totally stupid. "Spare the rod, spoil the child." Quote Link to comment
Pete Posted March 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2020 Yes I was brought up with that. It made life very difficult. I would not wish it on anyone. Bl..dy Billy Graham has a lot to answer for. Self righteous dick. We grew up in fear. It gave strong will and self discipline but an emotional cripple for years. Thank God for inventing beer. Don't touch it now but back then I could not get enough. Quote Link to comment
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