The reasoning behind this is to protect society, not just primarily to be nice to prisoners. The point is rehabilitation and reintegration into society as a means to fight crime.

Hello, i am Norwegian. And when i was a young man, i was a drug (opiate) addict. Because of that i got in trouble with the law, and had to stay in prison.(3 different prisons) What was worst about that, was the withdraw sicknes from the drugs. As soon as i got over that, i learned that prison in Norway is a safe and (for me) good place to be. I ate well and trained, so i got back my health and strength lost by addiction. There are no race trouble or other problems among the inmates in Norway. Child predators are the only ones hated, so they are in their own prison. The guards are much like the ones in your video. You loose your freedom, thats it. They try to find tings to do for all the inmates. School or work, and you get a small day pay to use in the store. I bought tobaco sigaretts and food i liked, to build more strenght together with my training. You spend a lot of time out of your cell, playing games. Outside playing volleybal or soccer. Go for a run. Many take up a hobby, learn to play an instrument. And so on. All in all, it is a big difference to see how bad prisons are in many other countries. Sweden and Denmark has much the same prisons as Norway. The only reason i have been in prison more than once, is the drug addiction. It took me many years to get out of that problem. When looking at how little people in countries with humane prisons do heavy crime, it looks like the way to go. High living standard and education plays a big part to.

We have a Norwegian exchange daughter, and while she lived with us we spoke about the prison system. She said there was a situation where the doors did not get properly secured and so some of the prisoners had the opportunity to leave the prison. Instead they went to the kitchen, made a chocolate cake and binged on Golden Girl episodes.

The guy locked up in Brazil for sure was a Norwegian national. International prisoners transfer is quite common, but some countries are more willing to do it (🇳🇴 - 😁) than others (🇺🇸 -🤨)!

One major difference between norwegians and US prisons, is the fact that US prisons are a multi billion industry with no intention to reformation, while prisons in Norway are intended to reform the incarserated to be fully functionable citizens after prison. Off course it does not always succeed, but there are more sushine stories than failures, so we are doing something right.

The land of the free with the highest percentage of people incarcerated .

For me, it's just basic psychology. Nearly all of the most violent and horrifying crimes were committed by people who grew up in unstable homes, are survivors of childhood neglect and abuse (sexual, verbal/emotional, and physical) or have neurological dysfunctions and/or mental health issues, etc. That means, they were victims before they became victimizers. Given that reality, it makes absolutely no sense to take that person (regardless of their crime) and put them into a prison in which they will then be victimized again. How is that justice? You also have people who are for nonviolent crimes who end up with PTSD from the way they were treated during their incarceration and end up actually committing violent crimes and/or become addicted to drugs/alcohol in order to deal with the trauma. How is that rehabilitation? Our country likes to say that our prison system is focused on justice and "rehabilitation" but you can't dehumanize another human, put them in an environment that is both violent and socially abnormal and think once their sentence is over, you can just turn them out to the streets with no assistance or job guarantee thinking they will have no problem assimilating into society...no more than you can chain up, isolate, and beat your dog, whether for maulding someone or simply crappin' on your carpet and not expect him to turn on you once you've unchain him. Treat a human being like an animal and they will become an animal. Treat a human humanely and you are more likely to see them find their humanity again. And for those who can never be safely freed into society again, they are still human and their life can still have purpose behind the walls that keep them separated from society. We simply need to change how we think about "justice" in this Country. The way it looks right now, justice is just code word for vengeance.

The rate of offenders being reoffended after 5 years is around 60% in the US, but in Norway it's only around 20%. However obly like 40 years ago Norway also had 60% of people getting reoffended, but we changed it qfter finding out that that wasn't working and we started becomeing more humane, which got us down to 20% Norway alsi doesn't have a lifetime sentence, the max is 21 years. However there is a possibility for one to get the same prison sentence again and again. So for those who hqve heard of Anders Behring Breivik, no he isn't sitting in prison for only 21 years, he's sitting there for the rest of his life. Loved the reaction :) Love from Norway❤️

Hej. Im from Sweden and we have a similar system as Norway and i rather live in a country where prisoners are humans rather then like in the US where you are a number and someones cashflow.

The dude who came from Brazil is Norwegian. He just got caught there and it took some time for the Norwegian government to Get him Home.

i worked as a chef in a rehabilitation facility where for drug addicts, we interact with them like normal and there was never a judgment in a facility. Some drug addicts are agressive due to withdrawals but they reciprocated in a calm manner. Most norwegians are kind and equal!!! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

Another thing you might like to know about Norway is that the police dont carry guns in public. If something happens and they need a gun they have one locked in a breifcase in the car. And they have to call the station chief and get clearance to lock out the gun and use it.

I'm norwegian and i'm really proud of our system 🥰

10:30 he probably is from Norway. So after a certain time in Brazil he can go to his home country to sit out the rest of his time.

Sad thing is the prison system in Norway gets less and less money every year. Our system is not getting any better, it's getting worse. Understaffed and getting more centralized.

They didnt mention education. People in prison in norway can take education all the way up to university degrees.

He is a norwegian citizen that got locked up for murder in brazil and after a few years he got transfered to a prison in norway

I live in Halden, it's a small town with 33.000 people, I often see inmates followed by a couple of guards at the mall or my local store.

If you treat a peson as an animal, he will become a animal. And when we do not have life or death sentence in the Nordic countries, than it is possible he will become your neighbor. Then it suddenly become your choice; Do you want a animal or a normal person next door?

Thanks for an interesting video. I want to add something. In Norway, "death row" does not exist. There is no killing as part of the punishment in Norway. It is said that one can be sentenced to the most severe punishment of the law which is around 21 years. In addition, one can be sentenced to, for example, mental health care for an unlimited number of years. Norway has a system for the inmates where they undergo a program during their imprisonment that deals with returning to a normal life after many years in prison. As for the man who had been transferred to prison in Norway, they are 4 because he was a Norwegian citizen. Then the authorities can request a transfer if the prisoner so wishes. Again, thanks for a great video! 🙂

Nice reaction video bro! I subbed :) As a Norwegian im proud that we take care of everyone even in prison. How can you expect humans to be rehabilitated when they are treated like animals? I watch alot of documentaries about prisons in for example the US and most people go into prison with non violent crimes and goes out of prison violent cause you have to fight for your life in there.

There are several big misconceptions in the american prison system: 1. If a offender doesn't get a severe punishment in the 1st place he might does it a 2nd time. 2. The american justice system emphasizes retribution and revenge over resocializing concepts 3. Privat prisons must be profitable

During the education to become a Police officer they test pepperspray on themselves. This way the bar for using it will be higher since they know how painful it is

My first time watching your video. I hope that your videos make a difference. It's good to do content like this to keep us aware of how our society is plus the ways we can make it better. Liked and subscribed

Great video, thanks Charlie! One must remember that having a prison like this one is only possible in a welfare state where health care and education are paid by taxes and are available for all citizens. So this caring for citizens takes place in many respects from the day a new member of the society is born. Greetings from Finland!

You should take a look at, and react to part of Michael Moore's movie "Where to invade next". Here he visits two of Norway's prisons. Halden prison is one of them. He also talks to the father of one of the teenagers who sadly got killed in the terror massacre that happened 22. of July 2011 here in Norway. Listen carefully to what this father says, cause this is how the majority of Norway reacted and felt, and still do. This KZfaq clip of the movie is called " Michael Moore goes back to Norway" . 🤘 from a potentially new subscriber from Norway 😎🇧🇻

As a norwegian i am happy to pay taxes that benefit society. Free health care and humane prisons. Like the prison warden said, «they could by your neighbors or mine». And they probably are? Anyway we have a safe society, kids play outside unsupervized and we can walk around at any time without fear for our lives. Thats a good investment. Anybody can take wrong choices in life and everybody deserves a second chance.

Thank you, really interesting! I'm thinking it's partly a matter of building up that self-image of seeing yourself as a normal human being that can function in a sort of community. Not just as a criminal. The normality model being a key component to that. A thought popped up. Being a smart kid in school, but with motivational problems, I remember that the classes in which I had a teacher saying I was smart and clever was the classes in which I got the highest grades. I saw myself as good at that subject. But if a teacher called me bad at something, that's how I perceived myself and so I failed. It's what they said in the video - basic psychology. /watching from Sweden, so the neighboring country.

Hey! Im from Norway and randomly found your channel! That brazilian who got transfered probably has ties in norway. Either he is from norway and was caught in brazil, or he has family in norway. But its not like you can come here for your sentence without any relations to norway. We have had pure norwegians being stuck in a prison in congo for maaany years before they got transfered. Actually, one of them died down there. Anyway, Halden prison is amazing! There was a norwegian show not long ago called 'Petter i fengsel' (Petter in prison) where a norwegian guy who does tv documentaries was 1 month in Halden prison with a camera and he was treated just like an inmate and was intervewing other inmates and stuff. Seems like they had it very cozy there. Tough, but cozy! They even had a going away party in one of the cells for one of their friends who was leaving. They played music in there, smoked cigs and had a good time. They just had to have the door open so the guards could see them from time to time. So thats pretty cool! ALso the guys who cook there uses knives and stuff! So its pretty cool. Wish to see something like this in other countries too some day!

About the keys, in case you didn't understand; the door has two locks. One is obviously to lock you in and the other is for you to lock your cell when you're not in it. You're in prison; there are criminals there. You should be able to protect your stuff. I truly believe that if you want to change your future, you must both learn new habits and forget some of the old ones. People who say crminals are animals, should be asked one simple question; which dog owner has the nicest dog? This is not complicated, ladies and gentlemen.

I just want to say one thing about Norwegian prisons, the two that are usually used as examples are Halden and Bastøy. Not all prisons in Norway comes CLOSE to these. I've benn working as a teacher in Norwegian prisons for many years. In different safty levels and now in....6 different prison wards. And they REALLY do vary in quality. And we use to visit other prisons to learn how things are being done elsewhere. I have been to Halden and Bastøy, I have also been to prisons in Denmark and Ireland...they are not that different from Norwegian prisons actually. The one in Denmark (very high security) had a VERY good rehabilitation plan...

Hey! My great grandfather Johannes Norman was one of the pioneers in the "rehabilitation-policy". He was head of Stavanger kretsfengsel (prison). He went as far as wanting landssvikere to be pardoned, something that irritated my grandmother who was a resistance fighter during the war. feel like both is good and bad. Alot of ppl get off the hook too easily way to easily but hey what do i know, coming from a police family on both sides of my parents 😁

I don't know how it is in other countries but in Belgium : if you try to escape from prison or even to some extent succeeds, this will have no impact on the prison sentence or time remaining in prison. Freedom is considered as a need, and so, trying to find this need is considered normal. Well, of course, if you hurt people or damage somthing this probably will have an effect

I don't know if someone already answered to that but I think the transfers can happen if you are for example a Norwegian who commits crime in Brazil --> you start your sentence in Brazil but you probably can apply to serve your sentence in your home country.

So important for a society to give people perspective - a future. Knowing that not all is lost after one makes a mistake, and that you still have value. The intrinsic motivation that is needed to become ( and stay) a law abiding citizen starts there: that society wants you back. Do not focus on punishment, focus on showing possibilities how to become a good member of society. And since you're " into" the Netherlands: have you looked at our tbs system? It's something I am really proud of. When people with a psychiatric illness commit a crime ( due to that illness); they will not be send to prison - where there is no care ; instead they will be send to a " psychiatric prison", called a tbs-kliniek. They get psychiatric treatment ( voluntarily or can be forced by court order). Treatment can be with medication but also involves creating an environment which shows normal behaviour. The staff is medical: (psychiatric) nurses and social workers ( it takes a 4 year education on university level to become one). I am so proud of this system because it breaks my heart to see that people who are sick, and due to that illness ( for example having a psychosis) making decisions that they wouldn't make if they were treated, are locked up in a prison without the care they need. Tbh I don't think that's human at all. I think you'll find it interesting to look at this system, it gives a totally different perspective on a 'forgotten group' of ppl who commit crimes. It makes society saver and gives patients the care they need.

10:17 I think he is a Norwegian who got sentenced in Brazil living abroad, then got a lawyer who organized the transfer through the Norwegian Embassy? I'm pretty sure, because they definitely don't just take random Brazilian inmates to Norway I'm pretty sure.

He's probably Norwegian citizen who did a crime in Brasil (most probably drug smuggling). So he was captured there and then Norway requested to transfer his citizen to spend rest of his sentence in his own country.

Transevering from Brazil mostly happens after you've been there for couple years (probably coscainesmuggel) and your homecountry applying for transverse, initiated by your family.In return Brazil won't have the financial burden

Sweet video Charlie! 1+ sub - all the best from Norway

To answer your question how you can be transferred from in this case Brazil to Norway is because he has a Norwegian citizenship this means he has the right to sit in a prison in his home country even if the crime was committed in Brazil. This apply for mostly all countries not just these two. But I don’t think they tell the inmates that so they will get a “worse” punishment depending on where you are.

American Prisons definitely need reform...and I've been keeping my eye on this. I think we need to follow Norway's example of the Halden Prison...but we will also need reform in the judicial system as well

To reply to a question you made. Norway does not have any agreement with Brasil when it comes to transfer or serving prison time in norway. But it often happens that Norway request transfer to norway. Both for the norwegian prisoners life and rights. But also to solve crime they have comitted in norway but escaped to other countries.

i think one of the big issues with US prisons, are that many of them are run as a private corporation, and there is no profit in reforming the inmates, so i guess the prisons are most interested in having their "clients" come back several times

First thing I noticed on the satellite image of Halden prison was how much green (or forest) there is inside the prison complex. Now compare that to the average US prison. About the prisoner who was in Brasil before. My guess is that he is Norwegian and did something stupid in Brasil. So he landed in a brasilian prison and was later deported to his home country.

The inmates are greeted with a handshake when they are commited

Good video, thanks!

As a correctional officer in Sweden I can say that we work in the similar way here, or at least we are supposed to do...

Not every prison in Norway is like Halden prison. But the results are good so it will continue and Probably spread.

I always have the feeling US system is often based on revenge instead of justice. And 'as long as you look nice and dressed well when going to court'. As if that is the most important thing. Also a jury system imo is the worst system ever. I know there are jury systems in Europe too but in the Netherlands we don't have it and I'm very happy about that. Imagine being tried by people who doesn't have a clue about laws or whatever. Not for one second I believe people don't look how someone looks like or behaves and that shouldn't be done. I'd rather be tried by those who know what they're talking about and who don't care what I'm wearing or how I behave.

I liked the video. Try to find the one where a cop visits Norwegian cops. And the one where a priest comes over here to see a secular country :)

Hi, here in Norway we call them 3 star hotels 😅 I 'visited ' once and can confirm, actually had a great time there 😅🤣 Merry Christmas!

The American prison system is vile and archaic.

10:17 If you do something illegal and you are convicted and imprisoned in that country (in his case Brazil) you are automatically deported or after your application and imprisoned in the country of your citizenship (some countries do not extradite criminals). Standard process in most countries in Europe. For example, he could be on vacation or visited Brazil because of work and did something illegal. The US, compared to Europe, puts criminals in jail where there is a place. If there is no place, they can imprison them on the other side of the country and the prisoner will do nothing about it.

2 major differences are... In the US, prison is an INDUSTRY. A business. One that also expects to grow and expand every year just like any other business. And secondly... In the US, prison is societys revenge on the individual. Its about the punishment. Not the rehabilitation or preparing people for living normal lives when they come out. In the US, you fall out of society, then your only option from then on, is prison and crime. prison and crime. Endlessly.

Hi from Norway. I went to hof prison, there u share bed room with 1. and the rest was like share with rest of all the people inside the prison. and we had to work. from 8-15 or was it 1600. from another country i have allways heard that prison in norway is like a paradice. as loong as u behave u will feel like its just like going to a camp.

Thank you, sir. And a merry christmas!

In Scandinavia, Denmark, Sweden,Norway, Finland we always try to transfer back felons to their oen country where they are citizen. Answer to your question how he was transefered from Brazil to Norway.

American prisons rely on inmates to finance them as they are private so more prisoners mean more money earned. European prisons are run by the government and less prisoners mean less tax money spent. Pretty easy to see the different motivations and understand why European countries put the emphasis on Rehabilitation if you look at it that way.

I get a weird feeling when people are browsing prison standards in Norway hehehe

We could learn much from Norway in all aspects of civilized society. Sadly, half the country would rather make billionaires richer and watch the rest suffer.

Here in the US,prison is business not rehabilitation

German prisons are similar to the prisons in norway. Another huge difference is, that the prisons are a lot smaller here (Germany, Norway etc.) than in the US!

Good video and happy jul/Christmas to you. 👍

So how do you get transferred from Brazil to Norway? Simply be Norwegian. It's pretty common for a lot of countries to do it. But Norway prioritizes transferring their Norwegians over to their own prisons a lot more. Since we have a totally different philosophy about it, and do believe our prisons are a lot better. We see the value of having that Norwegian spend their time in our prisons before returning to our neighborhoods, rather than in Brazil for whatever amount of years and then returning to our neighborhoods.

Notice how all the inmates speak close to perfect English. This is their second language and many of them probably knows a third.

The man was transferred from Brazil to Norway because he is a norwegian citizen. The government here in Norway wants all the norwegians who's done crime to be in Norwegian prison. We take care of our own❤️

Thank you for covering this subject. The US is sadly losing this moral fight. The for profit prison system is the most disgusting practice we allow. We allow it. Just so shareholders can make money. Despicable.

Great video!

Yeah this video is way better than the last one about german prisons that showed nothing at all, only 2 guys sitting at a chair and have some boring conversations.

I believe that he was transferred from Brazil to Norway because he is a Norwegian citicen. Interesting video👍👍

Even outside of prisons the USA fails to treat others humanly. It is very sad!

So, about the guy who was transferred in from Brazil, he just used the wrong word because he's Norwegian, but he meant "Deported". He was deported from Brazil, back to Norway. Meaning, he is a Norwegian citizen, was in Brazil on vacation or a work trip or something of that nature, committed his crime IN Brazil and was imprisoned for it there, and then he was deported back to Norway to continue serving out his sentence because he wasn't a Brazilian citizen. So yeah, TL;DR: He was deported back to Norway, not "transferred from Brazil to Norway". Norwegian citizen -> committed and was sentenced for a crime in Brazil -> deported back to his original country after serving some time in Brazil. Hope that helped! Oh and also, Greetings from Norway! 😁👍

This video is really a good one - i like it...

Punishment is meant to better mankind not please your own desire for revenge. That's Socrates in Plato's republic.

Greetings and God Jul from Halden! (city where the prison is)

Hi Charlie love your videos! Greetings from the Netherlands 🤗

Reaction to this reaction from a norwegian. This is one of many prisons. This is the only one like this. By far NOT the norm... This is the "behave and get bonus prison"

quite the difference compared to the American prison system where inmates are stripped naked beaten and pissed on by the guards

Not only does the norwegian prisons focus on rehab over punishment. Its not even normal for the police to carry firearms on a daily basis either. Only in certain periods where the treath level is potensionally high due to a high possibillity of a terrorist attack, or when the police reacts to a armed criminal event, is when you may see the police carry weapons over here. Most, if not all people from countries where its normal for the police to carry weapons would be shocked to see unarmed police in our streets. Im not sure if America can become as Norway as far as prisons and unarmed police in the streets though. America is way too deep in the «shit», if I should call it that. First of all, America needs to ban weapons from all civillian households. Then they have to slowly work their way to as little high profile crimes such as murders and armed robberies, etc… But I, personally, think that America is way too deep in the shit to make that happen. The people resists the idea of not being allowed to own a firearm. Its going to the a real collective effort from the enire US nation to get where Norway is today. With that said! Norway is seeing more and more high profile crimes as well. This will however not change our way of running our prisons though, in my opinion. Our idea of rehab over punishment is still our goal.

These inmates live better than college students in dorms in the United States.

The biggest flaw in this is that the prisoners seem to have a better quality of life in prison than many people would have outside. You could say 'look they are still confined and not free' but many outside prison are virtually confined by poverty or even by long hours employment to never being able to realize any supposed freedom they have outside. Crime seems to pay.

its only 1 or 2 prison in norway that like this, but they dont have it like that now

You earned a sub and like from Norway ❤

I definitely want to emphasize on that these prisons are for those who behave well and are deemed to be treatable, not every prison are like these, we have one certain that is among the worst prisons in Norway: "Ullersmo Fengsel" if you behaved well there, you get transferred, if not, you stay there. I definitely think U.S could take good use of these type of prisons, they are meant to be the last stop before release, it will give prisoners a reason to try to better themselves.

Why would someone start a privatized prison? Think about that for a second.... The Norwegian prison system is not based on profit (it is a huge money drain) and punishment. It is based on reformation, rehabilitation and integration. Go figure....

When a dog is crazy you don't lock it up with a bunch of other crazy dogs in a small cage. The real solution is to train it. Putting it in a cage will just make it crazier. So why do we do this to ourselves?

You have two choices with prisoners, treat them well or punish them. USA chose the second option and it seems to be self feeding itself

I got a few friends who stayed there. One of them came out a lawyer. Yep. And another a music producer. A guy who tried to kill me, got into that prison. I do not think thats fair. But hey, my opinion. 😊

for most prisoners this is good. But than what about the psychopath types? they will never learn anything about how to be a good person.

We transfer all norwegian citizens that want to, to serve the time in Norway. Agreement with most countrys.

he was transfered from brazil to norway because he is a norwegian

I'm from Halden, Norway:)

Hi Charlie. You actually dont have to look to us in Norway on how to rehabilitate your correctional system. Be adviced that this is a result of very harsh experience on our part on how the system did NOT work. We then took inspiration from your constitution: 'No cruel or unusual punishment...' Don't loose your way. You have this in your constitutional back-bone. Keep up the good work on informing the public, man!

When your in The Netherlands and they pick you up because you take a crime. The Dutch judge put you in jail and after that the can bring you to the US to sit out your punishment because there is a extradition treaty between the US and The Netherlands. But it is also visa versa. When I come in jail of the US, I can ask to go to The Netherlands to go there in jail. It is here like in Norway.

If you (as a Norwegian) commit a crime in another country, the Norwegian Embassy in that country will work to get you transferred back to Norway, to finish serving your sentence there. Normally this takes some time, maybe years, but eventually most Norwegians gets sent home. We try to rehabilitate people to become good neighbours, and not just ex-convicts. When you have served your time, normally you will get another chance to become a good and responsible citicen. We have a system in each community to help former prisoners back into the neighbourhoods, with help to get a proper job, a decent place to stay and a way back in contact with their family again.

Great video. Thumbs up for Norway 👍🏻 They show that a human approach works best after all. I’ve seen “where to invade next” and i hoped you did a video on the jail in norway. Love your channel!!👍🏻 Greetings from the Netherlands.

To quote George Carlin (R.I.P) "It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it"

We care more about rehabilitation and reform than we do punishment. The treatment of our prisoners is what leads to the low percentage of second time offenders.

The whole point of a prison, any prison, should be to stop people reoffending. The lower you can get that then the more success the prison is having. The UK created a prison, owned privately by G4S, where the payment to the prison was based purely on reoffending rates. It worked for a while but failed in the end because prisoners were constantly being switched between prisons. The whole system needs reform else it cannot work.

Thanks for letting this idea of rehabilitation for criminals reaching more people outside of Scandinavia. These statistical numbers don't lie... Also, I think it's strange that a country, so heavily based upon "Christian beliefs" don't incorporate those Christian teachings of forgiveness and helping less fortunate to make the world a better place. ❤️