During the week, 126 prisoners in Norwegian prisons received advanced release to reduce the risk of coronavirus infection, reports the Norwegian Correctional Service Directorate. Advance…
Every fourth inmate is locked up for 16 hours or more in their cell, and Norway has been criticized a number of times for the…
Ingrid Martinussen, 32, was released from prison in Japan on Tuesday after spending 21 days in custody, in an isolation cell. “I was constantly trying…
Wants to tidy up the supervision of Norwegian prisons The supervisory boards for the prisons in Norway carry out inspections without sufficient training or routines….
The Norwegian Criminal Justice Directorate has released drug statistics during a period from 2010 to 2017; tallying an average of 800 illegal drug seizures within…
2016 saw the highest prison population ever held under lock & key within Norway, with 2016 also experiencing a reversal of Norway’s prisoner-nationality ratios. …
The Federation for Prisons and Rehabilitation workers fears for Security The Norwegian Federation for Prisons and Rehabilitation workers (FRI) fear that further budget cuts will…
So far this year there has been 736 cases of violence and threats against employees of Correctional Services recorded. This is almost double compared to…
During the first half of this year there were 28 foreign nationals transferred from Norwegian prisons to prisons in their respective countries, slightly fewer than…
