Prison Rehabilitation and Design

Prison is supposed to be about ______ and not just punishment.

If you put people in ______, their behaviour will be negatively affected.

The prison environment must be as ______ as possible.

Storstrøm Prison in Denmark is a new maximum-security ______ near the country's capital, Copenhagen.

The prison has its own ______.

The prison is surrounded by ______ and brightly coloured walls.

Teaching prisoners skills that they can use in the ______ helps them get a good job when they leave prison.

Crime often comes from ______ and economic hardship.

Prison can also provide people with an interest and an opportunity to learn ______ job skills.

The goal is to make prisoners become ______ members of society.

The primary goal of prisons should be rehabilitation, not just punishment, to help prisoners abandon a life of crime.
A humane prison environment is essential to positively affect prisoners' behavior.

Storstrøm Prison is a maximum-security prison near Copenhagen, Denmark, designed to look like a school.
The prison has its own shops and features windows and brightly colored walls to create a less institutional feel.

Teaching prisoners job skills can help them secure employment after release, reducing the likelihood of recidivism.
Prison can provide opportunities for prisoners to learn useful skills, addressing poverty and economic hardship as root causes of crime.

Some argue that prisoners do not deserve special treatment and that prison should be unpleasant to deter future criminal behavior.
However, providing prisoners with alternatives to a life of crime is a more effective way to prevent recidivism.