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

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. The transformation dovetails with a decade of sentencing and parole reforms as authorities move to depopulate and close facilities statewide. But the reality inside California’s prisons, insiders say, is increasingly dangerous for both inmates and staff....