Seeking answers
Norway's lessons for Mich.'s prisons
How kinder prisons and more mental health services reduce incarceration in Norway.
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In Michigan
Fatal assault exposes shortages
Group home death in Wayne demonstrates lack of beds for psychiatric care.
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Mentally ill teen caught in system
Darian Smith-Blackmon was found incompetent to stand trial, but he awaits a psychiatric bed.
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In Norway
Psychotic killers get care, not prison
When a psychotic Norwegian killed his mother, he quickly entered a mental hospital.
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A hospital to call home
At a mental hospital in arctic Norway, patients can stay in apartments after treatment.
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Inside world's most humane prison
At Norway's Halden Prison, the guards carry no guns and the inmates have a lot of freedom.
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In Norway
Treatment team sees successes
At-home care, peer support, help speed recovery for those diagnosed with mental health issues.
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In Michigan
Woodland treats Mich.’s severely ill
The Whitmore Lake prison offers art and music therapy to help stabilize mentally ill prisoners.
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One inmate's story: Growing up ill
Christopher Goike talks about his mental disorders and his treatment at the Woodland Center.
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In Michigan
Treatment courts look to rehab
State's 188 'problem-solving' courts help veterans and those with mental health or substance issues.
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Across the U.S.
States look to Norway model
North Dakota, Oregon offer Michigan examples of how to create more effective prisons.
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About
Why we produced this special report
Reporter Karen Bouffard traveled to Norway to study how that country's model of rehabilitative justice.
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