Norway has a… different approach to prisons.
Norway saw a decrease in recidivism rates after they began treating inmates more humanely. North Dakota is adapting the same to make a dent in prison reform.
Most recently, David Byrne has celebrated and contrasted Norwegian and USA prison systems in his ‘Reasons To Be Cheeful’ blog.
https://www.reasonstobecheerful.world/article/2018/3/15/prison-reform