The Finnish (or Nordic) system operates on the principle on rehabilitating inmates by reintegrating them into society, they do not confine them to a “typical” prison cell like those common in America (instead it’s akin to a college dorm with amenities). There are videos talking about the Nordic prison system you can look up to get the picture.
It’s the same with Norway: as they know that “keeping inmates in a cage beating and abusing them” doesn’t help, instead rehabilities them. (Look up Halden Prison) I mean, why is it that Finland manages to maintain a low recidivism rate while it barely scratches that in the United States?
Why does Finland have a lower rate of people commiting more crime after being released?
Well, you listed it. A system of support to rehabilitate offenders compared to the US system of suing governments for not maintaining prisoner numbers so the prison companies can maintain profits.
Wait what? Prison companies? What haven’t you outsourced yet?
How about you also make vote counting, law writing, judges, police and national defence publicly traded companies too. What could go wrong.
Inmates can even be charged for rent and come out indebted to the prison they were assigned to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay-to-stay
No wonder why heroin smuggling suddenly seems so appealing.
One can argue they already purchased the judges based on what their courts are doing.