I have a hard time believing a country's crime rate is lower than most simply because they put more effort in reforming criminals(if anything that would draw them more into crime committing)
A system that focuses on successfully reintegrating individuals back into society works more than one dedicated to retribution which has little to no effect in deterring crime (any criminals given hard sentences for menial crimes are taught absolutely nothing and are thrown into an environment that will only make them desensitized to performing more severe crimes) and is simply a cheap tool politicians use to garner more votes rather than actually lower the crime rate.
and this point doesn't count since there' is a high likelihood this man isn''t mentally ill.
The rehabilitation procedures at prisons are for sane criminals. The nut-jobs get sent to a psychiatric ward.
The issue is that the guy slaughtered/injured so many people that the possibility of him being treated this well even though they may presume he's sane is disturbing.
I realize you want this guy to be flogged daily and fed a ration of gruel mixed with urine (and don't get me wrong, he very probably deserves as much) but that's not happening with Norway's criminal justice system and there's a reason for it. It's not a system dedicated to dishing out retribution but protecting the people. He's being denied his freedom for virtually the rest of his life and has been removed from society. That should be more important than how nice his room is.
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