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Directorate of Norwegian Correctional Services (NO)

Norway
Prison and Probation Service
National Population:
5 408 320
EuroPris Member:
Yes

Quick Stats
Imprisonment Rate per 100,000:
120
Total Prisoner Population:
3 124
Total available prisoner places:
3 796
Official design capacity:
3 816


Questions answered by this agency:

Category Title Date Questions Responses
Section 9: Regime & Activities 010616: Women Resocialisation in Prison 01/06/2016 5 9
Section 9: Regime & Activities 071116: Visiting Facilities 07/11/2016 4 14
Section 9: Regime & Activities 270516: Resocialisation in Prisons 27/05/2016 8 8
Section 9: Regime & Activities 181021: Right of Prisoners for Education 18/10/2021 7 14
Section 9: Regime & Activities 010920: Offer and Organisation of Workshops/Education 01/09/2020 6 15
Section 9: Regime & Activities 250117:Community Involvement 25/01/2017 6 12
Section 9: Regime & Activities 190118: Children Staying With Their Mothers In Prison 19/01/2018 4 12
Section 9: Regime & Activities 190314: Partner Homicide 19/01/2016 6 10
Section 9: Regime & Activities 261115: Prison Chaplains 04/02/2016 2 15
Section 9: Regime & Activities 050216: Vocational Training 04/02/2016 2 15
Section 9: Regime & Activities 240117: Prison visits_Information Family Members 24/01/2017 7 13
Section 9: Regime & Activities 300715: Inmates Education 22/01/2016 7 15
Section 9: Regime & Activities 070618: Family visits 07/06/2018 3 13
Section 9: Regime & Activities 070515: Rewards and Visit Rights for the Inmates 19/01/2016 3 11
Section 9: Regime & Activities 070920: Distance Learning 07/09/2020 6 12
Section 9: Regime & Activities 270818: National Management Manual 27/08/2018 4 9
Section 9: Regime & Activities 081116: Interventions on Family Relations 08/11/2016 8 12
Section 13: Punishment / Discipline 101022: Prison Discipline Systems and Behaviour Management 10/10/2022 6 3
Section 8: Finance 061222: Payment and money in prisons 06/12/2022 5 6
Section 1: General Information 050522: Electronic Detention or Electronic Incerceration 05/05/2022 5 5
Section 1: General Information 111121: Daily Leaves from Closed Type Prisons 11/11/2021 4 11
Section 1: General Information 200622: Deaths in prison 23/06/2022 4 13
Section 1: General Information 030517: Prisoner Packages and Parcels 03/05/2017 6 10
Section 1: General Information 130922: Short-term visits in prison 13/09/2022 4 6
Section 1: General Information 210717: Informing Victims about the Release of the Convicted from Prison 21/07/2017 4 7
Section 1: General Information 080218: The process for complaints about discrimination in prison 08/02/2018 7 8
Section 1: General Information 141221: Prison Governors Accountability 14/12/2021 7 4
Section 1: General Information 120318: Prison cell door plates 12/03/2018 4 10
Section 1: General Information 290716: Internal Prison Inspection Mechanism 28/07/2016 5 12
Section 1: General Information 250518: ISO certification in prisons 25/05/2018 6 9
Section 1: General Information 210422: Electrochromatic Doors 21/04/2022 5 9
Section 1: General Information 280416: Construction of New Prisons 28/04/2016 4 11
Section 1: General Information 080216: Inmates’ Evaluation of the Custodial Services 04/02/2016 4 12
Section 1: General Information 090915: Use of Social Media 20/01/2016 10 10
Section 1: General Information 100216: Ex-Offenders Employment 04/02/2016 4 13
Section 1: General Information 040822: Pornographic magazines in prison 04/08/2022 2 8
Section 1: General Information 070817: Prisoner Escort 07/08/2017 8 7
Section 1: General Information 280915: Home Kenneling 22/01/2016 6 10
Section 1: General Information 111017: Service Dogs in Prison 11/10/2017 7 9
Section 1: General Information 170821: Prison Inspections Bodies and Entities 17/08/2021 4 11
Section 1: General Information 300818: Prison Administration Supervision 27/08/2018 3 11
Section 1: General Information 280722: European prison regulation systems 28/07/2022 5 5
Section 1: General Information 030322: Prisoners Soft Skills and Transferable Skills in Prison 03/03/2022 6 9
Section 1: General Information 280717: Key Chains Specifications 28/07/2017 4 9
Section 1: General Information 190418: Public-private partnership projects 18/04/2018 3 5
Section 1: General Information 271115: Immunity Unit 04/02/2016 4 7
Section 1: General Information 220218: Fire in Prisons 22/02/2018 6 10
Section 1: General Information 160919: Prison Staff Education 20/09/2019 6 8
Section 1: General Information 280715: Compliance Oversight 22/01/2016 4 5
Section 4: Healthcare 310518: Mental health, palliative care and geriatrics 31/05/2018 2 7
Section 4: Healthcare 061017: Health Care 06/10/2017 5 11
Section 4: Healthcare 030418: Program for sexual offenders 03/04/2018 5 15
Section 4: Healthcare 160718: Nutritional Supplements 16/07/2018 7 11
Section 4: Healthcare 100615: Drug Testing of Inmates 20/01/2016 5 11
Section 4: Healthcare 210921: Use of SCRAs in prison 21/09/2021 5 5
Section 4: Healthcare 241022: First admission health examination 24/10/2022 6 6
Section 4: Healthcare 070317: E-cigarette in Prisons 07/03/2017 3 8
Section 4: Healthcare 150621: Vaccination Strategies to Influence Willingness 15/06/2021 2 8
Section 4: Healthcare 290316: No-smoking legislation and Practices in Penal Establishments 29/03/2016 4 12
Section 4: Healthcare 250821: Suicide Prevention and Intervention 25/08/2021 8 10
Section 4: Healthcare 110321: Psychological Interventions to People in Custody 03/11/2021 7 8
Section 10: Order 010915: Written Correspondance between inmates 19/01/2016 8 8
Section 10: Order 090516: Prison Security 08/05/2016 7 9
Section 10: Order 150218: Escape from Prisons 15/02/2018 3 8
Section 10: Order 021015: Control Activities at Night 22/01/2016 3 9
Section 10: Order 290416: Purchase Transportation of Prisoners 29/04/2016 4 11
Section 10: Order 060317: Dynamic Security 06/03/2017 4 7
Section 10: Order 180915: Inmate Body Search 22/01/2016 5 13
Section 10: Order 130622: Armaments and equipment 13/06/2022 6 5
Section 10: Order 020816: Searches in Prisons 02/08/2016 1 7
Section 10: Order 241116: Steel Mesh Cell Windows 24/11/2016 1 13
Section 10: Order 110618: Night Shifts in Penitentiary Institutions 11/06/2018 4 10
Section 10: Order 050516: Incapacitant sprays 06/05/2016 5 15
Section 10: Order 280218: Lawyer Meetings in Prisons 28/02/2018 6 12
Section 10: Order 111215: Specially secured cell without dangerous objects 10/12/2015 10 8
Section 10: Order 100516: Elderly Prisoners 08/05/2016 3 12
Section 10: Order 130716: Assaults on Prison Staff 12/07/2016 6 11
Section 10: Order 210222: Use of Non-Lethal Weapons in Prisons to Prevent Assaults to Prison Staff 21/02/2022 8 10
Section 10: Order 091215: Use of Restraints for Prisoners Attending Hospital 09/12/2015 3 6
Section 10: Order 090418: Electronic surveillance of convicts 09/04/2018 6 9
Section 14: Other 160522: Victimization Survey on Violence 16/05/2022 3 6
Section 14: Other 140920: Staff's Response to Large-Scale Incidents within Prison 14/09/2020 3 9
Section 14: Other 240820: Inmates' Organizations 24/08/2020 2 10
Section 2: Population 010419: Behavior Modification Programs 01/04/2019 5 9
Section 2: Population 190922: Roma people in European prison systems 19/09/2022 2 7
Section 2: Population 291121: Personal Strip-Searches Perfomance 29/11/2021 2 5
Section 2: Population 161121: Financial Management of Prisoners Personal Funds 16/11/2021 7 8
Section 2: Population 211122: Legislation on foreign nationals 21/11/2022 9 6
Section 3: Sentencing 250815: Amnesty 22/01/2016 5 13
Section 3: Sentencing 070916: Earned Release Scheme 07/09/2016 7 8
Section 3: Sentencing 160216: Reception screening in prisons 11/02/2016 3 8
Section 3: Sentencing 111116: Prison Regime 11/11/2016 2 9
Section 3: Sentencing 260422: Remission in Prison Sentences 26/04/2022 7 10
Section 3: Sentencing 171022: Procedures for conditional release 17/10/2022 4 9
Section 3: Sentencing 160215: Deferring and Interrupting a prison sentence 21/01/2016 3 11
Section 3: Sentencing 040216: Penalty for murder and manslaughter 08/01/2016 3 9
Section 3: Sentencing 150722: Psychiatric treatment for offenders 15/07/2022 7 11
Section 3: Sentencing 060916: Changing the Regime Decision 06/09/2016 4 10
Section 5: Staffing 030216: Social Reintegration Staff 03/02/2016 2 14
Section 5: Staffing 020317: Prison Officers Uniforms 01/03/2017 2 12
Section 5: Staffing 060519: Medical, Psychological and Physical Examination Systems for Prison Staff 07/05/2019 5 10
Section 5: Staffing 290914: Prison Director Status 19/01/2016 8 12
Section 5: Staffing 070622: Staff ratio in youth detention centres 07/06/2022 3 7
Section 5: Staffing 310517: Resocialisation Program Implementation. 31/05/2017 7 9
Section 5: Staffing 240815: Prison Staff Clothing and Protective Equipment 21/01/2016 5 11
Section 5: Staffing 110817: Post-graduate study opportunities for prison staff 11/08/2017 3 7
Section 5: Staffing 250414: Right to Strike 19/01/2016 6 10
Section 5: Staffing 010617: Recruitment and Motivation of Employees 01/06/2017 6 11
Section 5: Staffing 250918: Staff Absence 25/09/2018 5 8
Section 5: Staffing 080416: Personal Identification Badges Prison Staff Clothing 08/04/2016 2 15
Section 5: Staffing 010317: Education of Correctional Officers 23/02/2017 4 12
Section 5: Staffing 180716: Number of Security Staff 01/07/2016 3 10
Section 5: Staffing 050816: Staff Training Provision for Family Relations 05/08/2016 6 11
Section 5: Staffing 240522 Remuneration and benefits for prison staff 24/05/2022 6 8
Section 5: Staffing 280917: Staff selection and assessment processes 28/09/2017 10 9
Section 5: Staffing 080317: Transgender staff 08/03/2017 2 5
Section 7: Technology 210920: Artificial Intelligence in Correctional Services 21/09/2020 5 12
Section 7: Technology 140721: Devices for searching illegal substances 12/07/2021 3 10
Section 7: Technology 100317: IWatches and telephones 10/03/2017 2 7
Section 7: Technology 240718: Filing and handling requests electronically 24/07/2018 6 10
Section 7: Technology 110216: Using dogs to find mobile phones 09/02/2016 4 10
Section 7: Technology 100915: Drone Flights 20/01/2016 4 7
Section 7: Technology 190121: Cell Searching for Contraband 19/01/2022 4 6
Section 7: Technology 140316: UAVs in Prison Environment 14/03/2016 6 13
Section 7: Technology 050618: Warning messages in the inmate’s phone calls 05/06/2018 1 9
Section 7: Technology 220721: Devices capable of detecting/locating mobile phones in prisons 22/07/2021 3 10
Section 7: Technology 311022: Video calls for legal consultation 31/10/2022 2 10
Section 7: Technology 220217: Monitoring Bracelets 23/02/2017 6 10
Section 7: Technology 191222: The use of biometrics in the prison system 19/12/2022 2 7
Section 7: Technology 090216: Cell Phone Blocking and Jamming 04/02/2016 6 9
Section 7: Technology 130718: Security procedures for goods entering prisons 26/06/2018 3 13
Section 7: Technology 030616:Prevention of the use of mobile phones in prisons 03/06/2016 6 8
Section 7: Technology 080318: Motor vehicles used to escort prisoners 08/03/2018 4 11
Section 7: Technology 180315: Telephone Terminals 21/01/2016 1 16
Section 7: Technology 270117: Virtual Visits 27/01/2017 6 8
Section 7: Technology 290518: Visit Booking System 28/05/2018 5 10
Section 7: Technology 300522: Digitising services in prisons 30/05/2022 8 5
Section 7: Technology 090315: Electronic Communication for Prisoners 20/01/2016 8 8
Section 7: Technology 250417: Inmates Telephone System 25/04/2017 5 9
Section 7: Technology 200916: Management of Critical Incidents within Prisons 20/09/2016 1 3
Section 7: Technology 191020: Personal Searches by Means of Technical Devices 15/10/2020 3 6
Section 7: Technology 110215: Pre-trial detainees 20/01/2016 2 15
Section 7: Technology 260717: Safety system on automatic security gates in prison 26/07/2017 5 6
Section 7: Technology 230316: Use of Social Media by Prisoners 21/03/2016 5 13
Section 12: Throughcare 270820: Religious services in prisons 27/08/2020 6 18
Section 11: Welfare 141122: Violence and self-harm in prisons 14/11/2022 3 9
Section 11: Welfare 080621: Victims of Crime 08/06/2021 8 7
Section 11: Welfare 281122: Personal and welfare needs of prisoners following admission to custody 28/11/2022 5 5
Section 11: Welfare 041022: Protective treatment in prison settings 04/10/2022 2 8

Head office

Address: Solheimsgata 21 , N-2000 Lillestrom

Telephone: +47 404 38 800

Website: http://www.kriminalomsorgen.no

Email:

Head of Service

Ms. Lise Sannerud

Position: Director General

Appointed since: 10/12/2018

European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services (EUROPRIS)