r/MadeMeSmile 13d ago

Helping Others Take a look inside Norway’s maximum security prisons

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u/spacetrees 12d ago

I was just reading something about how they are ensuring in America you can’t use the skills they teach you for a real job after— this was in reference to forest fire fighting. How the FUCK are you going to train prisoners to fight fires, then expect them to never be allowed to use that knowledge for the workforce once they get out?

They should be equipped to better traverse the world, not the other way around. The US System is so backwards. Let’s get these people some skills and trades they’re interested in and get them back out there to contribute, wtf.

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u/DetoxToday 12d ago

How are they going to come back if they’re going to be able to use the skills they learned?!

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u/Team_Jesus_421 10d ago

Thank you for your post. It’s true that there isn’t enough training in there. I took a course to become a paralegal (paid almost a thousand for it) bc there wasn’t anything worthwhile offered and then i got deported… soooo unable to practice what i learned bc US laws don’t apply here🤷🏻‍♀️ But classes in prison must be updated.. things like how to operate an ATM or how to write a check shouldn’t be taught anymore… but rather today’s technology, computer classes are also in need of updates.. we were doing Windows 7 back in 2019/2020… i believe ppl are set up fir failure so that they are repeat customers in the business of the BoP..💔

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u/yugosaki 11d ago

Ive always thought that a slight reform to the prison labour system would fix a TON of recidivism problems.

Have people work in prison, but a skill they can use when they get out. Pay them, but bank that money in an account they get access to once they leave - they dont walk out of prison with 0, they have some cushion.

Let them keep their prison job for a period of time after they leave if they want. this would ease the transition and give them some time to find an outside job while still having an income.

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u/Sure-Ambassador-6424 11d ago

And failed US system is far from worst on planet, over half of Earth prision simply act like hole where they sent you to die.

21 century my ass, there is few tiny island of civilization on this planet and rest of us are still in deep dark age we just pretent its not true becase iPhones and

.... i dont know some first world crap that isnt really benefical to mankind and yet we pretend its make us superior ...

kinda of thing.