Norway

Capital city — Oslo

Country population
5,328,212
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2019
/ Statistics Norway
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
60
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03/2019
/ KDI
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.953
(1/188)
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2017
/ UNDP
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.5
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2017
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
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(JD, Justis- og beredskapsdepartementet)
Total number of prisoners
3,200
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03/2019
/ Directorate for Correctional Services (KDI)
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
10.7
months (323 days)
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2018
/ KDI
Prison density
91 %
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03/2019
/ KDI
Total number of prison facilities
38
consisting of 64…
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2019
/ Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research – ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2014
Number and percentage of female prisone…
6 %
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2018
/ KDI
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
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2018
/ KDI
Untried prisoners
24 %
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2018
/ KDI
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1979

BRIK - Survey on prisoners needs and resources (Behovs- og ressurskartlegging i Kriminalomsorgen)
CPT - European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
ECHR - European Court of Human Rights
ESA - The Execution of Sentences Act (straffegjennomføringsloven)
FFP - Organisation for the support of Friends and Family of Prisoners (For fangers pårørende)
JD - Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Justis- og beredskapsdepartementet)
KDI - Directorate for Correctional Services (Kriminalomsorgsdirektoratet)
KRUS - University College and Education Center (Kriminalomsogens høgskole og utdanningssenter)
KY - The professional association of the Norwegian Correctional Service (Kriminalomsorgens yrkesforbund)
NCS - Norwegian Correctional Service (Kriminalomsorgen)
NFF - The Norwegian Prisons and ‘Free-care’ trade union (Norsk Fengsels- og Friomsorgsforbund)
NGO - Non-governmental organization
NPM - The Parliamentary Ombudsman (Sivilombudsmannen)
UNCAT - Convention against Torture and other Crual, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
ICCPR - United Nations International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights
UNCEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women