Norway’s prisons regularly include private rooms, televisions, kitchens, access to education, and daily work schedules. Some facilities even allow inmates to cook their own meals, manage household ...

Nurses hold a key position in health and care work in Norwegian prisons. What is it like for them to promote health behind bars? A professor at the University of Agder has written a book about this.

Many prisons, especially in Norway, are designed in a fundamentally different way than in the U.S. Proximity to nature is often considered, for example. Cells in Norway are also for a single person – ...

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik accused prison officers of trying to drive him to suicide in conditions he describes as “a mini Abu Ghraib.” Breivik wrote a 27-page ...

From dancing inmates in the Philippines to eco-island prisons in Norway, the world’s correctional systems are stranger than fiction. Some focus on rehabilitation through art, farming, and ...

When most people imagine prison, they picture bars, razor wire, and isolation. But around the world, some prisons operate very differently. From inmates dancing in choreographed performances in the ...