According to the chief inspector, British prisons are ‘unacceptably violent and dangerous places”. They are characterised by poor mental health, drug use, and the “perennial problems of overcrowding, poor physical environments […] and inadequate staffing”.

In Norway, for instance, they focus on the care of the offender and making sure they can become a functioning member of society again. Norway has one of the lowest recidivism rates in the world, currently 20%, and one of the lowest crime rates.

Officials at Storstrøm Prison in Denmark, which opened in 2017, describe it as a “modern, humane, high-security prison that uses architecture to promote prisoners’ social rehabilitation”.

Storstrøm holds 250 men in buildings that are configured to form a small urban community – with streets, squares and centrally located community buildings.

The UK has an outdated, Victorian prison system and an archaic preference for punishment over rehabilitation. If we truly have the best interests of society at heart, we would do well to consider the Scandinavian system.

We need to have a serious, grown up conversation about our justice system. The London Bridge attack should focus our minds and urge us to take this seriously.