Swedish Prison vs United States Prison - How Do They Actually Compare?

The United States is responsible for a quarter of all the prisoners in the world. How different are prisons in other countries? In today's video we look at the difference between a Swedish Prison and a United States one. The differences are shocking!
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[@TheInfographicsShow]

What should the US prisons implement first to make a step towards the Swedish quality of prisons?

[@ConnorMGreeneADHD]

Remove privatised prisons for a start

[@george_bungot]

make Frick Chambers

[@marigo856]

Vaccinate your children

[@ig_4220]

Stop lying to themselves drop the "correctional facility" name and call them what they are

[@AlfredEn]

Don't forget that they usually sit 1/3 of their punishment and life time

[@PTRRRW]

In 2006, two prison guards in Sweden forgot to lock up for the night at Norrtäljeanstalten. What did the inmates do? They baked a cake, built blanket forts and watched a movie.

[@Runar_Tvalfager]

Å FAN, det har jag aldrig hört talas om XD tackar bröder :)

[@Imponderabilia995]

Hahahahaha i thought it’s a joke, and then I googled 😂😂

[@jeric1702]

@@Imponderabilia995 Me too lol.

[@Fuerto203]

You forget the best part, these were not run of the mill criminals but they were hardliners that included murderers

[@giltuito1545]

but at some point you have to deal with the fact that these are criminals who are being treated like VIP's. I am totally against what they do in America, but prison should not be a treat either. yes, punishment is in my view part of the bigger goal.

[@IceAokiji303]

One thing that may also be relevant: Swedish prisons aren't a business...

[@NewtonSparetire]

THANK YOU. I'm glad someone said it

[@GrebbChannel]

​@Blobbish Yes, but the difference is that many prisons in the US are run by private companies who benefit from housing as many prisoners as they can. Therefore they want the prisoners to stay in prison and not to rehabilitate them.

[@777stepankin3]

everything in america is a business

[@sixtensvedberg8339]

true

[@426hemihellephant5]

everything in capitalism is a buisness comrade

[@mansjohanzon]

One of the most high security prisons in sweden is Kumlaanstalten, it's the largest prison in sweden where the toughest criminals go. Yet they still get treated like humans.

[@williamlindroos2250]

I dont know if peddofiles for exp should get treated like humans. Its not like u can cure them anyway.

[@mansjohanzon]

@@williamlindroos2250 Well they still try.

[@iamfilleg]

I grew up in Kumla. :) The town, not the prison.

[@dannne88]

@@williamlindroos2250 if you treat them as animals they will act as one. By doing this you totally destroy any chance of being a better person, the safety of guards and other prisoners becomes a higher risk. Why because you want to punish them. They are away from society and that's enough.

[@svensklyricss]

Filip Granberg Åh jag med!! Inte ofta man stöter på folk från Kumla här hahaha

[@ohh5178]

Treat people like animals and they’ll act like such

[@crosby_underscore4987]

So true.

[@syfico]

@@crosby_underscore4987 love your name

[@shrabidy_2342]

BIG BRAIN

[@crosby_underscore4987]

@@syfico lol

[@huble922]

Humans are actually animals, but I get it

[@Zane_Alto]

"In 2006, the guards at the Norrätlje prison in Sweden forgot to lock the cell doors of six inmates before changing shifts. What could have turned into a dramatic error (three of the men were convicted murderers), instead took an unusual turn of events. Instead of attempting to escape, the men broke into the prison kitchen and baked a chocolate cake, which they ate while watching TV - inside a blanket fort they built. Instead of punishing the men, Warden Hans-Olov Larsson applauded them for their calmness and cleanliness, and one of the inmates said “it was one of the most enjoyable evenings we’ve had in a long time.”

[@D1ONY5US]

You know, that's honestly something I would do.

[@mod6084]

according to Aftonbladet the prison chef was mad at prisoners because they didnt invite him to Kladdkaka. LOL this is so funny

[@Lucas-yp7li]

@@D1ONY5US Murdur someone?

[@ChristianMajid]

jk pls dont report me

[@tsujack]

That was staged. They weren't prisoners at all.

[@iSyriux]

In sweden, you can forget to lock the prison and the prisoners won't escape. In the united states, you can put prisoners in a maximum security prison and they'll still escape.

[@views-kb6sv]

no lol the us hasen't had escape convicts in a while

[@deehee7218]

@@views-kb6sv japan is insane in escaping

[@lenalenasabri]

@Dummkopf no as a fellow swede your english is good < 3 but that's hilarious how they didn't decide to escape

[@realdragon]

Once in Sweden guard on watch had some health issues. When prisoners saw something was wrong started yelling guard's name. Half concious guard hearing that opened cells. Prisoners rushed to the guard and called for help

[@lenalenasabri]

@@realdragon that's so...oh my god even my classmates couldn't do that

[@minorcek]

The prison system here in the US is an embarrassment and is driven by profit

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

Yup, 'profits' made on the backs of taxpayers, profit for a select few ... what a parasitic system [just adding to your comment]

[@edvins8863]

If they are going for profit they aren’t doing that well

[@egj1975]

So true. And it is so sad. Alot of talent and workforce wasted

[@madde538]

The prison system in Sweden is a joke. Our prisons is literally like hotels

[@BurnBird1]

@@madde538 Did you even watch the video?

[@evaristegalois6282]

Sees “Swedish prison” in the title *_ASAP Rocky has left the server_*

[@axelhvetlander2365]

I Saw that and was happy because im swedish

[@sigggo]

Axel Hvetlander hej!

[@Benni777]

More like left the country to go to Sweden! 😂😂

[@rr_gaming4954]

@@axelhvetlander2365 Same here

[@vikingof]

@@axelhvetlander2365 same

[@Elitus_knightus]

Americans: They need to pay in a harsh way, we want justice! Sweden: Well yes but actually no

[@moret25]

We don't know anything about justice in America. We know about revenge.

[@oharryc]

@@moret25 revenge is not the way of the jedi.

[@maltegodkas4931]

@@oharryc From my point of view the Jedi are evil!

[@theemperor1379]

@@oharryc revenge is not the jedi way! Get your quotations right.

[@natanoj16]

To me the lack of freedom is a harsh punishment

[@kabemamusic]

I’m Swede and my wife wanna move to NYC... Yea. Not happening

[@Jungfrun1]

Menar du att du är kriminell?

[@dee1sn]

@@Jungfrun1 haha han kanske e det

[@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii8818]

HomzTV r u criminal m8

[@Ching_ding4]

Planerar du att leva i fängelset eller?

[@merschavonia4745]

HomzTV dåligt brottsregister? 😏

[@goldenaura949]

So this is what ASAP Rocky was crying about when he was locked up in Sweden ? 🤭

[@hugo_R898]

Golden Aura yes. We laughed hard at his complain.

[@Spartan-ip5qm]

Funny thing is tho y’all would cry if y’all were in the same situation ASAP rocky was in

[@jessielinn9713]

@@Spartan-ip5qm He and his bodyguards assaulted another human. He wasn't in any situation which he didn't put himself in.

[@terdp5653]

@@jessielinn9713 ye, true

[@frejalms]

Hugomacvil fast det var inte han som klagade, det var TMZ som kom med fake news, asap hade inga dåliga synpunkter på själva häktet i sig utan bara på faktumet att han var där

[@heymemesaregreat551]

Unlike American ones, Swedish prisons are not a business

[@mateuspereira8623]

@@texas6792 I see you're a really proud boy

[@ihavecoronavirus9802]

@@texas6792 yeah because usa has the highest population

[@jimboonie9885]

@@mateuspereira8623 Ew texas

[@Vollification]

Also In Sweden prison is the last resort. It's not the first choice especially for drug abusers

[@cremeoi6710]

If you think Swedens prison is like a 5 star hotel take a look at our dear neighbors, Norway. Its literally heaven there

[@maple9502]

Well thats not really the point of a prison

[@juku619]

But in Finland its better than heaven

[@juku619]

Suomi perkele

[@linuxares]

Correct, Norway and Finland have like 5 star hotels in comparison to the US. Sweden got maybe a 4 star hotel :P

[@mullemeck1055]

no it isnt svergie är bättre

[@pappadudat]

American prisons is a business. It's not meant to help but to profit

[@MafiosoDon21]

exactly

[@edvins8863]

Didnt they say in the video they had to close down prisons because they didn’t have enough money?

[@victorpetersson6709]

Edvin Alcantara no, Because there wasn’t enough prisoners I think

[@oharryc]

@@victorpetersson6709 in the US they had to close it because of money, in Sweden they closed it because it was too empty

[@JamesTrifolium]

I love goooooold.

[@medoalmouhtadi930]

“Prison should be seen as a place for rehabilitation rather than a place for punishment” I love this... people that do crimes probably have a lot of life problems and should get help and treated well... just like how drug addicts get treated!

[@felixa9495]

Mahmoud Almouhtadi yes and no. There should still be a type of punishment to pay for what they did. But it should be a punishment fit for humans, not animals.

[@cruzwindu777deffsff4]

>people that do crimes probably have a lot of life problems and should get help and treated well... just like how drug addicts get treated! So they should be rewarded for murdering people ?

[@thehiddenninja3428]

@@cruzwindu777deffsff4 How is it a reward? Going to prison does not make your life better.

[@cruzwindu777deffsff4]

@@thehiddenninja3428 >How is it a reward? If the punishment for killing someone you hate is being confined to a 5 stars hotel, then I don't think lots of people will struggle with the idea anymore.

[@thehiddenninja3428]

@@cruzwindu777deffsff4 Prison there isn't a 5 star hotel. Like they say in the video, it's similar to dorms. Swedish prisons are designed to be, and are, somewhat worse than regular life.

[@icepawn4360]

Swedish prison? You mean Frick Chamber?

[@njogkl]

NOt Fony Didn't lAf

[@exs9518]

????

[@sudheeshkumar4021]

Bebe

[@kaiwut]

yeay

[@plterniecabrera307]

Finally i was looking for a comment like this

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*_Nah! The Roblox Prison is one of the most dangerous prisons ever exist compared to Sweden and United States._*

[@urmum7461]

Mr. Friendship I agree

[@juku619]

Jailbreak intensifies

[@kaiwut]

Deaths Ratio Players = 50:!

[@FCS_Panda]

Mr. Friendship facts

[@Elysium19]

Lol I agree

[@snufhuffboy5101]

finally someone acknowledging how great the swedish are

[@darkwolf4434]

They aren't great for doing this.

[@reggielacey2235]

@@darkwolf4434 yeah they are

[@jimboonie9885]

Nords

[@justacanofbeans8217]

As a danish person i kinda have to hate them cuz of anceint blood bonds and the like

[@snufhuffboy5101]

@@justacanofbeans8217 Understandable, i do indeed share your situation and am forced to say this... UT MED DANSKE-JÄVLNARNA!

[@thejournalistexposer1198]

"Sees the title of Swedish prison" Gustav vasa: So you dare to challenge me

[@helsvenneyao]

🤣

[@minjink316]

Hahahah

[@williamlindroos2250]

Karl den 12te

[@saab35draken39]

@@williamlindroos2250 Aa han va bra

[@marcusalm7350]

*Happy Stormaktstids "put people in isolation for years" noises*

[@Hammi4Real]

Welcome to Scandinavia, we're rich but also rather concerned about our tax money.

[@kasperknutsen8283]

Not that much taxes in comparison to all The free universal stuff we get

[@jonashallberg6626]

Yes velcome to sweden and norway

[@Oneohonejewelry]

True that😂

[@miranzangana5141]

@@jonashallberg6626 Denmark is also a part of Scandinavia, i believe

[@jakobmalki3662]

@@miranzangana5141 you believe? Have you gone to school?

[@moovmhar]

I’m Swedish Never been to prison so don’t know what you want me to say

[@Killuhhh]

The fact that your comment was the only one I laughed at is funny because I laughed at your profile picture, not the comment.

[@roniaydin7917]

Du är svensk men du har en amerikansk president som profilbild

[@Addicitve]

@@roniaydin7917 Du är människa men har en tecknad gubbe som profilbild

[@makielkaslen2033]

I am Norwegian

[@telnobynoyator_6183]

Hi Sweedish, I'm dad

[@jados5504]

In the future, we're going to be telling stories to our grandchildren about how they locked people behind bars for smoking a plant, and they will ask how we lived in such a backwards barbaric time

[@MrDanielsahne]

True

[@LancesArmorStriking]

What's scary to me is... maybe we won't. America is slow to change and impossible to be forced to do something from an outside force. It is much more likely that prisoners will continue to be treated like this over the next 50+ years.

[@Widdekuu91]

I'm not going to tell mine anything as such, I live in the Netherlands. I'll tell them about covid, show my mouthmasks and newspapers. And tell them off for eating Moondust-glowies that make 'em glow in the dark (available in 2065)

[@thegreatandmightyseff7214]

@@LancesArmorStriking Ever heard of the civil rights movement?

[@meruthesuccubus3416]

@@thegreatandmightyseff7214 now it will be the prison rights movement

[@emmavastenberg4862]

I once drove by a prison in Sweden and someone had to tell me that it was a prison for me to understand because there were no guards and just a fence around it

[@StealthGamer1911]

As my friend who went in for a time in swedish prison described it to me. "It was like more or less a hotel with schedule and system with nice food (he pointed out that the food was amazing) gym and others fun activities sauna and swiming pool with gaming room. Guards was very nice and had respect, he added if I would be able to get in and out when i wanted i would stay there life time"

[@jediptjedipt7594]

Fun fact: The prisoners food budget is actually higher than the students food budget.

[@realdragon]

So that's what prevent people from commiting crime again, not being able to leave whenever they want

[@novadream1184]

Sweden seems to have a society that actually cares for people.

[@masonkay7024]

@@realdragonpunishment does nothing why do you think we stopped punishing students or children who made mistakes because it does nothing

[@Farid7861]

Drug dealers be like : aight bois we're going sweden

[@mogrampro8395]

Swedish culture is against the use of drugs so only very few people would even buy them

[@andreasbergqvist6239]

Currently in Sweden we have drug cartels at territorial war over the city of Malmö.

[@spiko-ou3bp]

Norway

[@Nvisiblee02]

mogram pro there are drugs everywhere in Sweden, every little city has it, just go out after 10 and you see it everywhere

[@PrachirNathETC]

@@mogrampro8395 Lol, you really think there aren't any black markets?

[@alfepalfe]

American prisons vs Swedish prisons Dont you mean prison vs fängelse.

[@mmmboj4714]

ok och hur ska de som inte talar svenska förstå titeln då?

[@antonio-mariangalu329]

@@mmmboj4714 jag är ganska säker på att de flesta som kollade på denna video är svenskar som såg "Swedish" i titeln

[@eliasosmany1456]

Ja det har är bra

[@CoverCode]

Antonio-Marian Galu jeg mener ikke alle er svenske der er også nogle folk fra andre lande : P

[@syfico]

@@CoverCode Men jag ser att du är kapabel att läsa på svenska om det behövs.

[@tdog5818]

Yeaaah Sweden’s prison is great *ASAP ROCKY STARTS SWEATING*

[@Noname-no5qf]

He was in jail (häkte) not prison which is worse. It’s so bad in there people hang themselves but they cover it up from the news most of the time

[@Noname-no5qf]

Christoffer Also our jails have 1 suicide attempt every week which is a lot for our small country. But no it’s not that bad it’s pretty nice in there maybe you have been in There that’s how you know it’s not that bad?

[@tnecniw]

Häktet is still really mild compared to american prisons. It is only temporary to hold a prisoner somewhere while people are figuring out what to do with them. Rarily for a very long time.

[@ravenwaffle7574]

If you're homeless in Sweden Just get in a prison, you have foods, drinks, bed and "friends"

[@ammarif618]

You miss the nicest thing girls

[@Pyriold]

Also a lot less likely to get homeless in sweden since it's a social welfare state, like most of europe to some degree.

[@ravenwaffle7574]

@@ammarif618 the fact that you don't need to wear inmate clothing is amazing

[@ammarif618]

@@ravenwaffle7574 I love only girls so I can't live in the prison without talking to them.

[@kasperknutsen8283]

Nearly impossible to be homeless in Scandinavia.

[@southhill6667]

Here in Norway, back in the 90s, we also started focusing more on rehabilitation and more humane living conditions.

[@AnonymousL16]

moral of the story: if you wanna commit a crime do it in sweden

[@zilvercederbom]

Unless you want to make crime your career, then go to the US. :p

[@JamesTrifolium]

You’re forgetting something, if you do it on a remote island, you can’t get a penalty.

[@arseljimmi2928]

Ace Clover what?

[@prestongravey5565]

@@JamesTrifolium ?

[@becknamitth]

A LOT of people has reasoned like that in the past ~twenty years...

[@oslonorway547]

Fun fact follow up to the Infographics video about that chef who was rescued from a shipwreck at the bottom of the sea after 3 days, *he has become a deep sea diver himself.* He's got a KZbin channel, and there'll be a movie about it soon. ... Infographics didn't include that info in the video. Perhaps we need a follow up video?

[@johnmarston7606]

@Helios Sphere So how can you be sure?

[@wallthemart]

@Helios Sphere You made a strong accussation but with no actual facts though so its hard to take your word into consideration. Have a source?

[@eclipsuj]

What’s his channel?

[@ralrem4005]

korfer kommenterer du på alle videoene dems som om d e viktig å være korrekt?

[@EpicRealGaming]

@@ralrem4005 han er en bedreviter

[@therealbahamut]

The more I hear about Sweden the more it sounds like a great place to live.

[@mikkelrstedkirkeby9312]

Scandinavia is honestly an amazing place to live (says the humble Danish person writing this)

[@tijn0770]

The only thing is that it’s realy cold

[@therealbahamut]

@@tijn0770 That is not a negative for me. I shovel snow in shorts.

[@texas6792]

Mikkel Ørsted Kirkeby yes as long as you guys keep your population under 5 million mostly composed of white people right? And having an army smaller than an American division

[@tamerk7noob926]

infinity jauriac What will having a large military do? It’s useful in wartime, not very use on everyday situations

[@rea8585]

Portugal is a great example proving that drug decriminalization is way more effective than war on drugs.

[@ammarif618]

Rea, Stop spreading falsehood.

[@TylerSolvestri]

Portugal doesn't have cartels literally working outside their borders, don't even compare, your countries are the ones that make the narcos rich

[@isak2209]

@@TylerSolvestri No, the U.S is.

[@caiden5855]

All drugs should be illegal

[@PrachirNathETC]

@@caiden5855 Even the medicines that can cure you? And btw, all bad drugs are already illegal. But people still make them to make money from addicts.

[@agenti4734]

America? Harsh Sweden? Nice Prisons? Sad Hotel? Trivago

[@iazulkarnain]

The problem here is that we tend to generalize each crime as if the only solution is to put the criminal to prison. It is not a matter of how the prison system in a country is, but it is more a matter of how the law system identify the root cause of a crime and properly determine the solution to prevent it from happening again. To prevent a crime from happening again is not only by rehabilitating the criminal, but also by establishing an example to the society that the crime does only harms to the victims, the society, and the criminal itself.

[@adammock2879]

I was looking for an A$AP rocky comment, but I didn't find one. So here you go

[@kasperknutsen8283]

He deserved it. Should've been locked up for a year minimum

[@rugratziare7600]

factsDon't CareAboutYourFeelings But the other person got no charges and he was obviously the attacker.

[@jussaniggawitarocketlaunch8878]

@@kasperknutsen8283 nah bruh you gon have to hold this L.

[@simmethaboi5232]

Ja det kan hända

[@TylerSolvestri]

@@kasperknutsen8283 Your feelings have overcome your facts xD

[@mikaelandersson7321]

Some prisons in Sweden have a TV in every cell even solitary

[@Rainbow__cookie]

If you are alowd to have a pc Then sign me up time to do some bad stuff 😏

[@Yoda-vq5ng]

The amd tech bear sometimes you can play ps4

[@mikaelandersson7321]

Gustav Gustavsson people That killed someone or tried to don’t have it

[@toastynachoos]

Do we have solitary in Sweden!?!

[@ludvig8820]

@Gustav Gustavsson nej, detta systemet gör att fångar rehabiliteras och dem blir ju straffade eftersom att de inte är fria

[@skoog7091]

As a former correctional officer in Sweden I can say this video is pretty correct on the Swedish side. But note. We don’t have bail and our jails have been judged as torture by the UN as inmates are jailed until trial and put in isolation for 23h a day. One guy was in jail for 4 years until trial...there he was judges not guilty. And note.

[@nimbus6973]

Who's from Sweden like this

[@nimbus6973]

@Antonishere 07 thats cool

[@swedishcheems8869]

Antonishere 07 👌har alltid undrat hur det är att jobba som en fängelse vakt

[@nimbus6973]

Cole d walker samma här

[@hdidjjejfh7167]

Sup knallare

[@luddeide8293]

Jag är bor i Sverige

[@Fahad-pn6ht]

This is why violence is so common in the US, yet they still blame it on video games

[@taavetti13]

The title should've been: Nordic prison vs United States prison

[@martinspigseth7210]

Norwegians prison is like a 5 star hotel

[@laurik5401]

Same with Finnish prison

[@cookiebank6253]

Yea

[@kingooobaba1634]

Basically scandinavian prisons

[@FisherZ25]

Is Germany similar?

[@hpstk5561]

True

[@mrcerclees]

Treat them like animals and that’s how they will act 🤦‍♂️

[@danr8267]

Right? And people want murderers and stuff to live in a comfortable place

[@Cod4Wii]

Treat me like a bad guy and I'll become a bad guy.

[@Just._in]

Act like a animal, you get treated like one🤷🏽‍♂️

[@crepe-enjoyer]

@@Just._in and why shouldn't animals be treated like us?

[@marianacarmona4571]

@@Cod4Wii Megamind

[@zayoris2281]

Sweden’s prison is like college, you get a room, do stuff, come out a new man

[@Alpeyy]

In Swedish prisons they force the inmates to watch PewDiePie and play Minecraft to become a better person

[@trashaimgamer7822]

No I think that just makes them insane...

[@acidbath3226]

thats pretty torturous

[@waycoolscootaloo]

Yeah I would Define that as torture! Minecraft and Pewdiepie are Beyond boring.

[@wilkerwilkerbese905]

That's torture

[@Alpeyy]

Who would you guys suggest watching?

[@meiwnnss0710]

Inspired episode by ASAP Rocky

[@linaericson]

if u werent dumb u would have known i suggested this video in the first place

[@linaericson]

oh wait a second i just searched ASAP rocky and im sorry that i said that

[@linaericson]

and yes im swedish

[@oka1424]

All of this is just evidence that Pewdiepie brings world peace.

[@wyatt2909]

Nice

[@marie-louisecarlsson3246]

GET IN THE BOAT!

[@yee7849]

Meow

[@Ricky911_]

Your name makes this even funnier. Btw, Pewdiepie doesn't live in Sweden anymore. *sad noises*

[@oka1424]

@@yee7849 Woof

[@muktapandey2583]

Now I know why my Swedish friend was confused after watching prisoners escaping from a mental hospital in Batman rises

[@HaroldWilson67]

I think you mean the dark knight rises but no one escaped from a mental hospital

[@Real_gandalf]

In Sweden prison food is Better than school food.

[@tactical5770]

CONGRATS ON 6 MILLION!!!!! ☺

[@TheInfographicsShow]

Thanks! ♥️

[@cia387]

@@TheInfographicsShow congrats❤️💥

[@tactical5770]

No wayy!!! Thanks for replying!! I've been here forever it feels, and I LOVE the channel!! Feels GREAT to be recognized!!!!! 😀😀😊😊

[@bjrnarpepperkake3518]

Halden prison: Hold my beer...

[@Nazareadain]

Come to Norway! We've got -vacation islands- prisons!

[@y.9761]

@GamerEdgar7 _Facepalm_

[@Misquif]

@GamerEdgar7 -facepalm- FacePunch

[@hmmfestival1566]

r/woooosh

[@y.9761]

@@Misquif -Facepalm- -FacePunch- _Facenuke_

[@jamesisacatfisher7329]

@Oderless Sum65372 -FacePalm- -FacePunch- -FaceNuke- FaceBomb

[@lazarogomez2346]

I love the way you explain things. Sounds so smart. I wish I could express myself like that

[@sadme5637]

And in Sweden our polices make tiktoks, BEAT THAT

[@nobye420]

They do that in America too, I prefer Swedish cops over American cops any day tbh

[@2witzrs]

it's not a competition. If there are people struggling on another country, it's a sad thing. Remember. The saying isn't "treat sweden as a human", it's "treat humans like humans".

[@ghristophermyers666]

Ew

[@itscryptonic6936]

USA prison : People locked, everything normal Sweden prison : Villagers sitting next to a fricking chamber, everything *NoRmAl*

[@lovely_mango5242]

I’m Swedish and I weirdly feel proud of my country

[@JK-fv1me]

You should, swedens prison system is great, the only downside is rapists also barely get any prison time when in fact they should just be killed right away to prevent them causing more harm in the future.

[@gustavusadolphus4103]

Well you shouldnt truth be told.

[@lovely_mango5242]

@@gustavusadolphus4103 and should you be proud about the U.S?

[@nickynote3250]

säker broder

[@darkwolf4434]

Are you serious? Should we seriously be proud about taking more care of our prisoners than our elders? Of Course those who has done horrible things should be punished.

[@omedetow]

The infographics show :swedish prison vs United states prison- how do they actually compare Me : *the location*

[@SolidDavin]

Actually in sweden they force you to hear an irish man scream “ding ding ding top of morning”

[@Orebrohkfan]

When the guards forget to lock up in USA: The inmates actually flee the prison and run for their life When guards forget to lock up in Sweden: Inmates make a cake, and watches a movie.

[@jonahmoran3751]

The problem with a punishing prison system is just can make people into monsters on the inside and make people better at committing crime

[@fatlacesthedon]

Sweden: crime-punishment America: crime-prison industrial complex

[@Pyriold]

For sweden not really. Focus is rehabilitation, not punishment. That's the whole point of the video.

[@UnlimitedAuthority]

@@Pyriold Indeed. Imagine watching this entire video and coming away thinking Swedish prisons are all about punishment, what kind of idiot do you have to be for this to happen?

[@thetimberwolf100]

You should rename this "why your tax paying dollars are being wasted in the U.S."

[@TheInfographicsShow]

😂

[@Wintermist-SWE]

Meanwhile in Sweden we look at Norway and how they're doing it :D

[@MiniMoa1926]

Norway is great actually :)

[@mapshader260]

@@VoJonnyJoJo Yes

[@justacanofbeans8217]

@Elis Gustafsson nah

[@justacanofbeans8217]

@@MiniMoa1926 ye denmark and norway have been pals throughout most of history so i kinda just instantly like people if they Norwegian

[@jarl8815]

This video is very misleading, we in Sweden actually recently need to harden our prison laws because just talking people out of crime doesn't work. And I say that as a swede.

[@bossh3499]

Jarl, jag gillar ditt namn.

[@widarlundstrom7165]

Yes it does look at stats

[@NomadicWanderer11]

I was watching a short documentary about prison that had a few stray cats wander into the prison yard. The cats were friendly and quickly adopted among the different prisoners. The crime decrease and productivity increased among the prisoners since it would let them spend more time with their cats.

[@aboutthisproduct7674]

I am from Texas and lived in Nordic countries. I am terrified past 9pm of walking in the city in bad neighborhood I feel safe all the time. Some guy thought I was selling drugs and I politely said no. The end.

[@maple9502]

In some prisons in Sweden you can get a ps4

[@Nereka123]

That's just cruel. To reduce a human to such peasantry.

[@toastynachoos]

Jag vet dom får tilokmed hälsosammare mat än oss i skolan oh wait I forgot that basically no one will understand me so this is an translation. I know right they even get healthier food than us in school!

[@maple9502]

Osinacho GAMER jag vet, det suger

[@lovestromgren1029]

@@Nereka123 imagen liking xgayx🏳️‍🌈🤡

[@thequehstioniswhuy141]

Osinacho GAMER skulle inte säga hälsosammare, men definitivt godare, Skolmat suger!

[@archktik]

Ah, finally someone talking about sweden, this has made my day (If you did not understand im Swedish)

[@juuhmoi3351]

PERKELE SUOMI SAATAANA!!!!!!! Hej jag äter köttbullar och potatismos

[@melono8079]

Kööööööööttbullar

[@vallejarenskog2764]

Kööööööötbullaaar

[@archktik]

@@vallejarenskog2764 PANBIIIIIIIIIIFF

[@tacotung5705]

Meh, köttbullar är fan asäckliga

[@Excessxve]

In America, you get caught selling drugs, you go to prison. In prison, you sell drugs 😂

[@evvisen9653]

I am Swedish and i am in a church group for youths. One time when we met we made Easter eggs for the inmates at a custody nearby. I remember making special halal eggs for the Muslims without gelatine candy. Later I was told that the prisoners get better food than the school students and old people.

[@redbaron8067]

My brain after watching this family let's go to SWEDEN

[@rabiamalik3296]

@Joel Jeppsson r/woooooosh

[@deeremies2266]

@@rabiamalik3296 u dont think you know what that means

[@sskofu]

@P G earth

[@grumpiesttitan7930]

@Joel Jeppsson nah it's reverse. Summer is terrible here and temperature goes up to 40°

[@keeb5168]

grumpiesttitan79 eeehh, maybe one or two years ago that was the case with summers here yes, but nowadays the temp reached max 30 degrees. (And I live in the hottest part of Sweden may I add. Skåne.)

[@bakuya99]

Because Sweden is a better country statistically speaking.

[@Srinathji_Das]

It's not hard for a country to be better than america.

[@bakuya99]

@@Srinathji_Das exactly

[@darkwolf4434]

Yeah, especially that we can't take care of our elders and focus more on giving more care to people who has ruined lives of others than we focus on people who has helped society.

[@Real_gandalf]

Everytime i tell People im Swedish They want to know what ice cream is in Swedish for some reason? And then They say our airports are Nice.

[@oddoperator3524]

@@Srinathji_Das are you high

[@RabbidCows]

Guys that’s why Sweden is the place too live. Our rules makes sense:) Edit: I liked my own comment because nobody else will :/

[@Heddanx]

Filip Jönsson sant, gillade din kommentar för e znel

[@nghtspawn651]

Ask ASAP rocky

[@TheCatzFranzNeko]

I'm Swedish and my dad was in prison before I was born. He's always found it mildly amusing and a bit unfair when he thinks about it and has talked about it. They were in a barrack where they slept and there was a community area with a TV and games, lots of comfy couches, etc. He was shocked to arrive there according to him to see such lax conditions. They got well prepared and excellent food each meal and had three options to choose from and they even had Coffee Time(Fika) with loads of pastries and goodies served twice a day. He didn't need to work due to a back issue, so he spent his time chilling, reading and watching TV. He was only in for 9 months and to this day he's shocked by how much comfort there was in *prison.* Yknow the place represented by iron bars and striped suits? However, that's kind of where the sad part goes. A lot of money goes into the prison systems, while things such as our elderly care has been worsening. They don't get tended to, they have to eat cereal and milk three times a day due to budget cuts and they just don't get the time they need after spending their lives working. It's sad. And then there's the schools with old textbooks from ten years ago, underpaid teachers and buildings that are barely kept up, school lunches that taste less like food and more like cardboard. My dad has always thought that why should there be such incredible amounts of money put towards criminals who have done wrong with three course meals and accommodations equalling four star hotels when the elderly and young don't get properly cared for? Especially the elders. Do the prisoners really need such an overflow of food for example? I'm not saying don't treat them like humans, of course we should since it seems to clearly be helping--but do they really need three course meals To be rehabilitated?

[@2witzrs]

Your comment made me realize something. I was kinda thinking after watching this video that something was off, but I couldn't quite figure it out. Now I know. It's the "humane treatment = materially comfort" thing. I mean, those prisons are materially better equipped than probably 80% of the houses of free people in Brazil, or most of the world. And we all know (or at least should) that this doesn't happen because you guys deserves it better. It's simply because of power. Colonialism. Imperialism. Capitalism. Acumulation. Concentration of wealth. We're all human beings, animals born on planet Earth. Why do you guys have all the comfort in the world and other countries don't? Is it because we are lazy? Dumb? Of course not. It's history. It was a choice. We build societies that way. So anyway, what I'm trying to say is, maybe materially the prisons in Sweden simply match the way that people live in there, so for you guys it's kinda normal, but seeing it from Brazil (and dude, I'm a middle-to-high class young white girl in the second richest state of my country, which is the biggest in south america... so there's a looooooooot of people 'below" me) this is just unfair. Not to the sweden, but to humanity living in other countries. I think we as humanity passed the age of thinking nationally. Seriously. I think that we should enter an age of global responsability. Just like it is completely unfair that rich people in US lown mansions, big multinationals corporations, and basically invest on anything they want and guides world market to their will, while poor people, specially blacks, deals with gang, violence, drugs, prison, etc., it is unfair that there are countries where prisons have a fully equipped kitchen when 60% of people in Brazil right now (actual data) has to choose what meal they're gonna have (breakfast, lunch OR dinner). If you guys have the spare money, you should stop creating more and more and more and more needs. Cause this is an infinite road to take. If you search for more needs, guess what? You're gonna find it. So we all have to ask ourselves when is it enough. When are we gonna say "alright, so I have home, food, shower, security. I'm good. Let's help other people now". So when is it going to be enough for "lucky" countries who acumulated wealth over the exploitation of the rest of the world? When will you stop and say "alright, I think overall our people are doing ok, now I can start reaching people from other countries and start to give it back". And I think this specially for countries with a history of colonialism, such as Portugal, Spain, England, Germany, etc. They have been able to grow and be rich on the sake of enslaving our people. Cause not just the consequences of this persists till this day, they actually continuously perpetrate what is now called neocolonialism, or imperialism, in various ways. Just to give an example, the STATE of Norway bought a brazilian public mining company because our State needed to pay debts. Every so called "3rd world country" (a name to make us believe that we're actually inferior, and just didn't work hard enough to be alongside the "1st world") knows public debt is a way to maintain us poor, selling our companies and letting you guys exploit us. This is not new, this known by anyone who has spent 30 minutes researching about it on google. And I'm a social scientist - so I know a little bit deeper than that. Anyway. I just think treating like a human being shouldn't be equal as giving rich-country-material-comfort. I think it would be an awesome lesson to teach prisoners: how to live with less material things, to focus on building connections and good relations, as opposed to throwing them money. It would build awareness in Sweden. On how you do not need more stuff. You don't. You really don't.

[@bossh3499]

Shut up and watch the video

[@masonkay7024]

Hey at least you’re not American here the military is where almost all are money goes

[@karlspel]

This makes me proud to be a swede. Atleast opposed to america.

[@hurgelgurgel8830]

Meh den sista utvägen grejen suger för de är fan många som inte åker in pågrund av det men som borde göra det. Typ som våldtäktsmän och annat

[@JamesTrifolium]

Put every crime on the news.

[@eeveegaming4798]

karlspel wait till world war three

[@potatoproductions4393]

Kenneth Plunkett they really arent

[@timdesource]

In France the prison are the worst, they are 130% overpopulated, some of them are 210%, the prison is like a hotel, you can do whatever you want, throw guns into the prison, the warrens will close their eyes on this because they are not enought payed to risk their lives

[@TheStatisfiedOne]

still a paradise compared to the US prisons

[@GooberGrac]

This was incredibly informative and interesting, one of my favorite videos on your channel! Great job 🤗

[@pixalsamurai4048]

I'm glad Sweden is so peaceful. My best friend lives there.

[@Real_gandalf]

Hello I am from Sweden. I am friends with People all around the world. I have no Idea where you’re from but almost every person im friends with knows Someone Thats from America, UK etc.

[@valdemarsoder1]

As a swed i am very pleased with the amount of love swedish prison have gotten ❤

[@hubbe495]

I live in Sweden and what I hate is that some people get too low penalties in Sweden

[@MS-wb5mf]

This is a very important video. This shows the power of you tube to communicate positive and productive information.

[@neonilsson994]

Did you know that when a prisoner walks in to his prison cell in sweden he have to build everithing himself because its IKEA i am swedish and i aprove this message

[@mollies4782]

This just made me respect my own country (I live and come from Sweden) a lot more

[@Swoossh-j3p]

Thx for the compliments

[@lassesivertsen6211]

It's not only sweeden that has this system, it's common around all of Scandinavian countries

[@blueheart8786]

and Nordic, which is broader than just Scandinavia ;)

[@nessnas8795]

Yeah but my SWEDISH dad in SWEDEN who did things to me as a 3 years old which a 3 year old doesn’t have to experience(it’s what you think it is) got only 2 years of prison. I think he deserves at least a little bit more of punishment for ruining my life to the point of me wanting to end it several times.

[@crusherdust]

Hi I’m swedish and i don’t like the swedish punishment system, a lot of law offenders like rapists sometimes get excused because of their backround etc and just get released back into society

[@robixuseimagination1861]

Every criminal who sees this: Outta head to Sweden.

[@dontsubscribetome3262]

Robix Use IMAGINATION plz dont

[@marcofava]

Sweden focuses on rehabilitation rather than punishment. They take crime as a failure of the state to help a person while the U.S. Focuses on punishment and incarceration mainly for money due to the for profit prison system

[@alexandrarodriguez8365]

The fact that more money is used for prison & rehabilitation than school education tells you a lot about the education system too

[@dienersamuel1]

The prison system does vary by state but I’m pretty sure none of them do as well as Sweden. But North Dakota is aiming to find out if Norway’s prison system will work do hopefully, that will spread to the rest of the United States.

[@LancesArmorStriking]

It will probably start in smaller or blue states, then VERY slowly trickle over to red states

[@tzwacdastag8223]

Welcome Back ASAP ROCKY

[@DeeboWRLD121]

Sweden has flaws too, someone close to me got arrested for something he did not do they put him in jail for a month. He did not have contact with anyone else and was locked in his cell for 23 hours a day. Tho he was proven innocent and he sued the state for a couple of 100 thousands, but still he has scars for life mentally and can never get that time back. So Swedens prisons is not some kind of paradise.

[@BigRed5.4]

Swedish prisons try to rehabilitate there prisoners, whist the Americans try to separate the prisoners completely from civilization.

[@fatlacesthedon]

It isn't about removal, its about money

[@kasperknutsen8283]

@@fatlacesthedon that's all what USA is about. Money. That's why europe is way better

[@georgemichaelalhayek]

Hey infographic show, Your videos are amazing! Can you do another military comparison between the Arab nations vs Israel and USA? By the way, congratulations 🎉 for your 6 million subs!

[@Lucanoptek]

Well, it would be kind of useless, considering the us are on one team, we all know they will have way more stuffs than the other side. Even more with the other totally legitimate State on their side

[@wallthemart]

Nice try, bin laden, but you aren't getting your intel this way.

[@garybuck6535]

Ni99a please!

[@georgemichaelalhayek]

WallTheMart Wut

[@leadona5082]

My class almost planned a heist after graduation because we new we would have it better art Sweden’s prison instead a life as a “photographer”..

[@noelborjesson27]

As a swede, our prisons are way too humane

[@bossh3499]

Nej nej nej nej nej de är bra

[@mikaellarsson245]

The differences in how the American and Scandinavian (not just Swedish) prison systems work have a lot to do with the cultures in each region. The U.S. is a capitalist country with a capitalist mentality where you're supposed to get a job, work hard, behave etc. Sweden is a socialist country with a large welfare state where you can receive a lot of support from the government, and with a socialist mentality which in some ways can be considered more "humane" where people are more willing to help the weak and not focusing on being hard-working etc. like in the U.S. I think there are pros and cons with both societies and prison systems. Unfortunately this documentary seems to be biased and favor the Swedish prison system. Many Swedes feel that the Swedish prison system is failed because being in prison is too comfortable for the inmates and expensive for the taxpayers and wish it was more like in the U.S. where criminals are actually punished.

[@emmiijjo]

Our prisons are not to punish the criminals, but to rehabilitate them and help them better themselves in a humane way. Well yes, prison is still a punishment, but also a way to help those who commit crimes which they maybe do due to bad mental health. Some of the criminals deserve harsh punishments, while others just need a hug.

[@dalton2592]

I hope this was a Scandinavian talking

[@REALdominogaminggrounds]

Well it's official, we gotta adopt a few things from Europe cuz they're doing it right