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Inhumane Treatment? - Anders Breivik
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Should Anders Breivik be entitled to have contact with other inmates? Do you believe his conditions are being violated?
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A mass murder who targetted children would undoubtedly be a target for harm by other prisoners, so keeping him apart from them is clearly for his own safety. Perhaps denying him a martyrdom death is what really irks him.
The authorities seem confident that they are complying fully with legislation. I suspect his claim is baseless and is intended to amuse him in his long hours of solitude. Segrating some prisoners is not inhuman, especially in this case when the reason is for his personalsafety.
The authorities seem confident that they are complying fully with legislation. I suspect his claim is baseless and is intended to amuse him in his long hours of solitude. Segrating some prisoners is not inhuman, especially in this case when the reason is for his personalsafety.
This type of enquiry always brings a raft of answers along the lines of - 'Why should Prisoner X have rights, where were the rights of his victims ...'.
That is absolutely understandable, but it is not how the law functions.
In order for law to work to the advantage of a civilised society, it has to put in place its punishments, and then work with them.
In this instance, Mr Breivik's punishment is to lose his liberty - and that brings a raft of problems such as the ones illustrated here.
There has to be a balance struck between Mr Breivik's rights as a prisoner in terms of access to interaction, and his own personal safety given the nature of his crime.
I think, on balance, since interaction with other prisoners would seriously compromise Mr Breivik's safety, and that of other inmates and staff, it is in his own interests that the current level of segregation remains.
It is advised that he does have interaction with prison staff, and in view of the potential reaction of inmates who got within arm's length of his person, Mr Breivik may well be advised to accept that as being the best he is going to get.
That is absolutely understandable, but it is not how the law functions.
In order for law to work to the advantage of a civilised society, it has to put in place its punishments, and then work with them.
In this instance, Mr Breivik's punishment is to lose his liberty - and that brings a raft of problems such as the ones illustrated here.
There has to be a balance struck between Mr Breivik's rights as a prisoner in terms of access to interaction, and his own personal safety given the nature of his crime.
I think, on balance, since interaction with other prisoners would seriously compromise Mr Breivik's safety, and that of other inmates and staff, it is in his own interests that the current level of segregation remains.
It is advised that he does have interaction with prison staff, and in view of the potential reaction of inmates who got within arm's length of his person, Mr Breivik may well be advised to accept that as being the best he is going to get.
// SO I take it you are all for his personal well being then Gromit? //
Stop veing a prat ymb.
I am in favour of the law. I am not in favour of letting him be murdered. Not because I am concerted about this digustingly evil person's well being, but because no civilised human being actively encourages another human beings murder. Unless they are sick.
Stop veing a prat ymb.
I am in favour of the law. I am not in favour of letting him be murdered. Not because I am concerted about this digustingly evil person's well being, but because no civilised human being actively encourages another human beings murder. Unless they are sick.
From what I remember, he was sentenced to the max. that Norway can do....25 years. I also recall that he was cleared of being insane !
From what I can see of his prison conditions, they are very far from inhumane, so I am not surprised that the Norwegian authorities have rejected his claim.
What I fail to really understand about this is he must surely to a target for abuse and worse, by other inmates, rather in the manner of how sex offenders are treated here, so why would he want to mix with the others ?
From what I can see of his prison conditions, they are very far from inhumane, so I am not surprised that the Norwegian authorities have rejected his claim.
What I fail to really understand about this is he must surely to a target for abuse and worse, by other inmates, rather in the manner of how sex offenders are treated here, so why would he want to mix with the others ?
///'Why should Prisoner X have rights, where were the rights of his victims
That is absolutely understandable, but it is not how the law functions.///
I didn't actually suggest he shouldn't have any rights, I was highlighting the fact that he had no regard for the rights of the 77 people he murdered in cold blood.
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