Halden Prison in Norway looks sort of like a fancy dorm room or a hotel — much different from the barbed wire and cramped cells we often associate with prison design. Its look is all part of a ...

The Norwegian prison system as a whole rejects punishment, but Halden pushes the humane ethos ... when they become aware of the rehabilitation plan awaiting them. “Putting life on pause ...

Norway's prison system is regarded as one of the most humane in the entire world. In this video, an American prison superintendent takes a tour of a maximum-security Halden prison in Norway.

To those working within Norway's prison system, the short sentences and somewhat luxurious accommodations make complete sense. As Are Hoidel, Halden Prison's director, puts it: "Every inmates in ...

Two North Dakota corrections will return to Norway this year to job shadow corrections officers at Halden Prison and strengthen their dynamic security skills. "We started doing a lot of ...

Soerfjordmo is serving his sixth year of a 15-year sentence at Halden Prison in Norway, which is considered ... assigned prisoners to develop a "life plan" to achieve the inmates' education ...

As the authors of “The Norwegian Prison System: Halden Prison and Beyond” detail, future prime minister Einar Gerhardsen and members of Parliament drew on their experiences of imprisonment by ...

Six days in Oslo, Norway, focused on prison reform with a capstone tour of maximum-security prison Halden Fengsel, were followed by five days in Stockholm and Uppsala, Sweden, focused on juvenile ...

On the outskirts of town, across from a road parting dark pine forest, the turnoff to Norway’s newest prison was marked by a modest sign that read, simply, HALDEN FENGSEL. There were no signs ...

"Who cares how they feel?" Well, Conway experienced quite a shock when he visited Halden Prison, one of the newest correctional facilities in Norway. "I'm having a hard time believing that I'm in ...