Convicted murderers and rapists at Bastoy Prison get to live in seafront-view cottages while horseback riding, fishing, and ...

Nordic prisons are praised for their humane approach to incarceration – but they face overcrowding and understaffing issues.

The Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (CPT) published a report on ...

On top of that, when criminals in Norway leave prison, they stay out. It has one of the lowest recidivism rates in the world at 20%. The US has one of the highest: 76.6% of prisoners are re ...

One of Bastøy Prison's most famous inmates was Arnfinn Nesset, who murdered 22 people, making him Norway's most infamous serial killer. Amazingly, he only served 12 years and was released for ...

An American prison superintendent takes a tour of a maximum-security prison in Norway. Produced by Noah Friedman. Video footage courtesy of the Finnish broadcaster Yle. Follow BI Video ...

A court in Norway on Friday jailed two sisters for being members of the Islamic State (IS) group, after they secretly travelled to Syria as teens in 2013.

Prisoners will return to prison within five years, compared to Halden Prison in Norway at 20 percent, the lowest in the world. Out of 5 million people, fewer than 4,000 are in Halden. Why?

In Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland, life in prison resembles the outside world as much as possible. However, like any prison system, they aren’t perfect. Criminal policies in these ...

Norway is unlikely go ahead with the trial of a Russian citizen who was arrested in the Scandinavian country in 2022 on espionage charges and who was part of a massive, multinational prisoner swap ...

Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway in 2011, is suing the state for alleged violations of his human rights at Oslo Prison. Norway's prison system is regarded as one of the most humane ...