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Norway's prison system is known as one of the most humane in the entire world. It may also be one of the most radical. "This is prison utopia," American prison warden James Conway said in "The ...

Central to the experience were days spent at Halden Prison in Norway, near the southern border with Sweden, and Bärby, a juvenile justice facility just north of Stockholm. For Emma Nolan, a ...

The prison in Halden, Norway, shown here in April 2010, is surrounded by a 25-foot-high concrete wall and little else to suggest it's a maximum-security facility.

The toughest prisons in Norway and the US couldn't be more dissimilar, and they reflect each country's approach to dealing with dangerous criminals.

Norway's Beautiful Halden Prison. ... the aim of the prison is to create a well-designed space for rehabilitation and growth. ... since only 20% of prisoners return to prison in Norway, ...

Don't be fooled by the £1 million Banksy-style art or the windows without bars - this isn't a swanky hotel. This is Halden prison and it is home to some of Norway's toughest criminals.

COMMENTING on a shared link to a Time slideshow offering a tour of Norway's Halden prison, the "world's most human prison", one of my Facebook friends says, "If you prefer comfort to liberty, go ...

The prison population in Norway is vastly smaller than ours — Halden holds about 250 men, fewer than your average county jail — but there are similarities with the U.S., starting with racial ...

A screening of “Breaking the Cycle,” a documentary that compares Halden Prison in Norway to the Attica Correctional Facility in New York, will begin at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Colorado ...

But given the stark realities — 2.3 million Americans are in prison and the per capita numbers are significantly worse than any other country — there are surely lessons to be learned. “The goal is not ...