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 ...

The punitive landscape in Denmark is seeing more infractions, such as smoking inside the prison, punishable by time in disciplinary solitary confinement. In 2019, four times as many people spent ...

Prison reform advocates often point to the Nordic countries as examples of “how to do prison right”. The low rates of imprisonment and more humane approach to incarceration in these countries have ...

LONDON (AP) — Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson freed from prison in Denmark and won't be extradited to Japan, his lawyer says.