Norway

Capital city — Oslo

Country population
5,372,355
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2020
/ Statistics Norway
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
56
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01/02/2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
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
2,921
There were 2,921…
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06/2021
/ Norway.mw
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
10.7
months (323 days)
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2018
/ KDI
Prison density
83 %
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2021
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
34
consisting of 58…
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2020
/ Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research – ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2014
Female prisoners
4.5 %
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05/2021
/ KDI
Incarcerated minors
0.3 %
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05/2021
/ KDI
Percentage of 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