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1 online resource (streaming video file) (26 min. 34 sec.) ; 152693845 bytes |
| Summary |
Halden Prison in Norway was labelled 'the world's most humane prison' by Time Magazine. The high security facility houses some of Norway's most dangerous convicts. But can barless windows, with panoramic views of Norwegian nature, truly help hardened criminals? Can a prison ever really be humane? Traditionally, prisons have been designed as spheres of punishment: they are where society's tolerance ends. But as Michael Madsen Halden Prison demonstrates, this facility reverses this trend by mimicking normal life. Madsen probes the boundary between humanist ideals of rehabilitation and society's historical hunger for revenge and punishment. (From France, in English) (Documentary) G CC |
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Closed captioning in English |
| Event |
Broadcast 2014-12-13 at 16:00:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Criminals -- Rehabilitation.
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Prisons -- Design and construction.
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Prisons -- Security measures.
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Prisons -- Social aspects.
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Norway -- Halden.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Madsen, Michael, director
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