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Chester Employees Prepare for Norwegian Study Program

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May 30, 2019 12:00 AM
By: DOC Staff

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During the week of May 14, a Scandinavian film crew from Sweden toured SCI Chester in preparation.

for the upcoming visit 14 Chester employees will take to Norway, Sweden and Denmark in June. After their return from Scandinavia at the end of June, SCI Chester will be designing a housing unit modeled after those in Norway and Sweden. This is possible with a grant to Drexel University, in partnership with Kriminalomsorgen (the Norwegian Correctional Service) and the University of Oslo.

Researchers hope to implement and evaluate the Scandinavian-inspired model, renowned for the way it centers values and practices around human dignity. Each staff member that was selected to travel overseas was interviewed by the film crew, and at the end of the week they gathered around the table to go over what to expect, what to pack and where they will be working once they arrive. They will all be wheels up June 2!


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