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How Norway turns criminals into good neighbours
What is the point of sending someone to prison - retribution or rehabilitation?
Twenty years ago, Norway moved away from a punitive “lock-up” approach and sharply cut reoffending rates.
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The BBC’s Emma Jane Kirby went to see the system in action, and to meet prison officers trained to serve as mentors and role models for prisoners.
“OK, and now put your big toes together and put your bum behind you!” calls the enthusiastic yoga instructor in English to the 20 or so participants who are shuffling into child’s pose on rubber mats spread out on the grass in the faint early morning sunshine.
“Can you feel the…