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 ...

Norway's prison system is known as one of the most humane in the entire world. It may also be one of the most radical. "This is prison utopia," American prison warden James Conway said in "The ...

What is the point of sending someone to prison - retribution or rehabilitation? Twenty years ago, Norway moved away from a punitive "lock-up" approach and sharply cut reoffending rates.

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 ...

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 ...

La Moye has a capacity for up to 200 prisoners, but houses an average of 140 A governor reviewed her approach to rehabilitation at Jersey's only prison after a trip to learn from a Norwegian ...

Norway's prison authorities have improved prison conditions for the country's most infamous inmate, mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, providing him with two guinea pigs an... Already a Barron's ...

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?

It was Norway's worst peacetime atrocity, with most of the victims being teenagers. His lawyer argues the isolation in prison has left Breivik - who is serving Norway's maximum sentence of 21 ...