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.

FARGO — When Karianne Jackson visited a Norwegian prison a couple of years ago, the North Dakota prison system official thought all she’d learn was how to make a prison look like Ikea. Photos of ...

You could consider doing a crime in Norway, so you can be sent to this prison. Bastøy prison in Norway, home to 115 inmates, is known as the world's nicest prison due to its laid-back vibes. Located ...

The comfortable features of a Norwegian prison is not so different from a fully equipped home in Nigeria. This is where a drug trafficker, Darden, is serving a year jail term for criminal offence. He ...

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 ...

As anti-Islam extremist Anders Behring Breivik prepares to stand trial for killing 76 people in Oslo and the Utøya island on Friday, journalists are increasingly turning their attention to Norway's ...