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 ...

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 ...

On a remote, pine tree-covered island off the coast of Norway, there’s a prison like no other. Bastoy Prison, often referred to as the world’s most luxurious prison, sits on an idyllic piece ...

She spent the next two months developing a proposal for a project that would involve interviewing over a dozen prison officials. Last spring, she boarded a plane to Oslo with the goal of uncovering ...

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?