Rehabilitation vs. Punishment


Contributor: Ella Ames

Created as part of ENGL 1020: Core Composition I (Spring 2024, taught by Dr. John Tinnell at the University of Colorado Denver) as part of a Data Storytelling unit

  Type of Data Advocacy:  Prison Reform   Genre:  Data Storytelling Presentation   Format:  .mp4


This student presentation was created as part of a data storytelling unit in a Spring 2024 first-year writing course.





Project Overview:

This video presentation provides a data-informed, comparative analysis of prisons in Norway and the United States, with emphasis on the statistics detailing the different outcomes associated with these two very different prison systems. Whereas the US system focuses on punishing inmates, Norway prioritizes rehabilitation. The presentation draws on research and data to argue in favor of the Norwegian approach and its potential to serve as a model for other countries aiming to humanize and improve their own criminal justice systems.

Type of Data Advocacy: Prison Reform
Genre: Data Storytelling Presentation
Format: .mp4

A still from the video presentation. It includes the words 'Rehabilitation v.s. Punishment' at the top of the image, and below there is a photo of a hallway of a prison facility. There are windows and technical equipment lining the right side of the hallway, and cells on the left. Two hands from a black individual rest through one of the cells.

Caption: A still from the video presentation. It includes the words 'Rehabilitation v.s. Punishment' at the top of the image, and below there is a photo of a hallway of a prison facility. There are windows and technical equipment lining the right side of the hallway, and cells on the left. Two hands from a black individual rest through one of the cells.