Tag: prisons
Minister blasted for ‘propaganda’
Justice Minister Anders Anundsen is once again the target of harsh criticism, after spending NOK 50,000 of taxpayers' money to produce a half-hour video that...
Two more inmates escaped from jail, later caught
UPDATED: Two men in their 20s and 30s escaped from a low-security prison in eastern Norway on Thursday, the second jail-break so far this...
Man escaped prison on a surfboard
Norwegian police think a young inmate at Norway's Bastøy Prison, located on an island off Horten south of Oslo, escaped during the night by...
SAS wins contract for prisoner transport
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has won a state contract to transport Norwegian prisoners to the Netherlands, where Norway struck a deal to confine them in...
Teenage killer to be held indefinitely
A local court has ruled that the public must be protected from a violent 15-year-old girl who murdered the woman who was taking care...
Ombud assails Norway’s jails
Norway's prisons are often described as "hotels" by foreign inmates who marvel over their single cells, some of which even have flat-screen TVs. Norwegian...
Government plans to build new jails
After suffering a severe shortage of jail space for years, Norway's conservative government has proposed building no less than four new prisons and expanding cell space at...
Dutch jail ready for Norwegian prisoners
Authorities in the Netherlands have confirmed that one of its prisons in the northern part of the country can accommodate prisoners from Norway, which...
Packed prisons turn away convicts
Nearly 1,200 convicted criminals are waiting to serve their time at Norwegian prisons, because of a shortage of cell space in prisons that also need...
Music and art may relieve prison stays
Norwegian police in Østfold County want to install "lydkunst," a combination of music and art, in the solitary confinement cells at the county's new...
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