California Transformed Prisons to the ‘Norway Model,’ Insiders Reveal the Deadly Cost

The integration of prison gang leaders into general population yards has resulted in ‘a different level of violence,’ says a formerly incarcerated activist.

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LOS ANGELES—Prison reforms in California aimed at rehabilitation and release are a ticking time bomb, according to current and formerly incarcerated individuals, whistleblowers, active and retired correctional officers, and other staff who spoke to The Epoch Times.

As part of the reforms, which are based on Norway’s model, California’s prisons are moving away from punishment and toward rehabilitation, education, and re-entry.