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Why specifically Scandinavia? I mean obviously they're famous for doing something different. But you're asking a really specific question as if you didn't know.

I'm not sure. I always heard that the most severe punishment in Sweden is 10-18 years (the latter for murder). Although I wondered how prisoners would be treated there, I mean you're serving life in prison for a crime done at 19 years old, surely the guards shouldn't make their lives a living hell right?

You'd be interested in this: https://youtu.be/5v13wrVEQ2M

The architecture is just one part of the groundwork for an entirely different philosophy on what a prison should be.

I always found this podcast episode pretty interesting. I've read that Denmark has a similar system.

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/10/17/17983456/futur...

I sure hope those that did heinous crimes are.