From Peter Slessenger, Reading, Berkshire, UK
Simon Ings is right to tell readers that Rutger Bregman’s examples in his book Humankind: A hopeful history are cherry-picked to back the hypothesis that our species is innately good rather than bad (13 June, p 26).
In particular, the enviable record of low reoffending among those released from high-security Halden prison in Norway might have something to do with prisoners being returned to Norwegian society, rather than a society with high levels of inequality, deprivation and racism, for example the US.
