A prison without walls: Alternative incarceration in the late age of social democracy.

The article reports on a series of alternative penal measures to correct and control criminal offenders, focusing on the minimal-security open prison system in Norway. Topics include how the Norwegian open prison system gives inmates incentives to be corrected, use of alternative incarceration, and an increase in prison population witnessed by the U.S. It also mentions how open prisons are less expensive to operate in comparison to higher-security facilities.