Greenland Open Prison

Far from locking up prisoners and throwing away the key, Greenland's authorities give inmates the keys to their own cells.
Then after a continental breakfast buffet, they go out to work, or maybe a snowy hike, or they're armed with rifles supplied by the prison to spend the afternoon hunting.
What would seem inconceivable in most countries is said to suit the small population of Greenland, where everyone knows everyone else and there's a strong sense of trust... even it seems amongst convicted felons and jailors.
But does it really amount to the deterrent it should be? And what about the victims who meet their attackers on the streets?

Greenland:
With a modern and well-functioning welfare system, where education, pension, health service and unemployment benefit are taken for granted, the development of Greenland's home rule is in many ways a model for other indigenous population groups around the world. Home rule makes Greenland's population self-governing in almost all domestic areas.
On the other hand, the country is dependent on a single resource, fishing. Its economy is closely tied to fluctuations in the fishing industry and price developments on the global market. It also still has close cultural, political, social and economic ties with Denmark in the form of annual subsidies of over DKK 2,800m and the free provision of education, hospital and other services to Greenlandic citizens.

Geography

Greenland is the world's largest island with an area of around 2.2 million sq. km, but only some 410,000 sq. km are not covered by ice. Cape Morris Jesup at the northernmost extremity of Greenland is the northernmost land area in the world, situated less than 730 km from the North Pole. Greenland's southernmost point, Cape Farewell, is situated 2,670 km to the south of Cape Morris Jesup.
The Greenland ice sheet is the second largest in the world. With the exception of a few sheltered valleys in South Greenland, the climate is arctic and the average temperature during the warmest month of the year does not exceed 10°C.
The East Greenland current flows along Greenland's east coast covering it with a sheet of ice up to a metre thick during the six winter months. Along the southern part of the west coast, a relatively warm current keeps the coast clear of ice all year round. Only at the southernmost point is navigation impeded during the spring and summer by ice masses drifting down along the east coast and south of Cape Farewell. From Disko Bay northwards, the sea is covered by ice during the winter months but navigable during some of the six summer months.

History

The first people migrated to Greenland across the Davis Strait from the American continent more than 4,000 years ago. The first links with Europe were established with the Norse settlements in 985 AD and lasted until the mid 15th century. The flourishing European whaling industry in the 16th century restored regular visits to Greenland, but a permanent link was not established until the settlement of the Danish-Norwegian priest Hans Egede in 1721. This formed the basis of Danish sovereignty for the next 258 years, where the establishment of the trade monopoly the Royal Greenland Trade Department, the KGH (Kongelige Grønlandske Handel), was particularly significant.
Until the Second World War, Greenland was a closed country with a very low standard of living. In 1906, sheep farming was introduced in the southern part of the country and commercial fishing started in 1908. During the Second World War, the German occupation of Denmark meant that all contact with Denmark was suspended and officials in Greenland and Washington made contact with the USA, which agreed to defend Greenland; in 1951-1952 an American military base was established at Thule. After the war, a popular movement arose in favour of modernisation of the country and the basis of the welfare system which today characterises Greenland was laid in the 1950s.

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[itsadeadmansparty]

@drew2pac im sorry you were abused as a child, and Im sorry you didnt study about freedom in school, I truly just feel bad for you, I know by listening to you that you are the reason earth is fucked up, its you, i cant believe it, you type of idiot people caused all these problems, btw im commenting, do you know what comments are? did you even goto school? honestly did you?

[drew2pac]

@itsadeadmansparty you are arguing with yourself..... just so you know..... no one has responded to you, and you are writing messages back to yourself..... just saying :)

[DAJAZDJ1]

I have been in wealstun open near leeds uk and its so easy you actually forget your in jail the regime is unbeliveably easy there are no restrictions at all really you have the freedom of the entie compley with your own cell keys you are never ever locked in and on saturday moning theres 11 a side football on the school pitch next door theres no fences are gates to keep you in you can literally just walk out but do that and you going back to closed conditions and wont get cat d ever again

[itsadeadmansparty]

Look these guards are homosexual, they want him to take off his cloths, so they can molest him, Fuck That, Thats Tyranny, None of our Forefathers would put up with that. Our Great Grandfathers would rather die then be molested in jail! Fuck That! Id Rather Live Free Or Die

[itsadeadmansparty]

@itsadeadmansparty If you were a little boy raised in Nazi Germany you would normally say "Hail Hitler" "Deutsch land Uber Alas"That would be normal for you. They lie when you goto school, they teach you everything backwards,They teach you to become automaton cogs in a wheel.When familys in Ancient Rome would watch Christians being fed to lions,they were not crazy,that was normal for them. Never Pledge Your Allegiance, Only Pledge Allegiance to Earth and all who inhabit it. Democracy is a farce

[itsadeadmansparty]

People are products of there environment. Nobody is to blame for what they do. They learned this behaviour from society. Exactly as Jesus said. Love thy enemy. if your enemy strikes you turn the other cheek. Nobody in usa or europe is a Christian. None absolutely none.

If you believe in Jails and Police, you do not follow the ways of Christ. Nobody is born a serial killer, its learned. You are merely reflecting your culture from where you were raised. Laws dont fix anything

[itsadeadmansparty]

You must understand jails and prisons dont actually solve anything. Judges and Attorneys are actually uneducated people. We make laws to stop people from doing things instead of just solving the problem. They think if we just ban x or y it will stop. But that is stupid. Dont put stop signs on the road. Make it so the car cannot pass even if it wanted to, make it so the road changes so cars cannot pass if they wanted to. in the future there will be no businessmen,no judges, no police, no military

[squittyfish]

Fuck thisss! Id rather go to Black Dolfin Russia.

[MrEvildog288]

Oh man!! 32 inmates how hard is that to keep track of.

[m0wfo]

In fairness the population of Greenland is about 6 people and a few seals...