Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Inside two prison systems: why Denmark and the UK punish so differently

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par Julie Laursen, Associate professor in Criminology, University of Copenhagen

It has been said that a society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats people who break the law.

I research prisons and am interested in what incarceration reveals about the relationship between the state and the people in its care.

By this standard, the UK and Denmark tell very different stories. In 2025, Denmark’s prison population stood at around 69…

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