Norway

Capital city — Oslo

Country population
5,290,000
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2017
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
74
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2017
/ ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy with parliament…
Human Development Index
0.949
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2016
/ UNDP
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
Total number of prisoners
3,933
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2017
/ ICPR
Prison density
95 %
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2016
/ ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
54
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2017
An NPM has been established
Yes
created in 2013
Female prisoners
6.1 %
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2017
/ ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
-
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ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
Yes
since 1979

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

6.1 % (238)

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2017

/ ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

-

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Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

Yes

since 1979

Foreign prisoners

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

30.5 %

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2017

/ ICPR