Print version| Country | NORWAY | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | The Ministry of Justice and Public Security | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Department of Corrections | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | P O Box 8005 Dep, N-0030 Oslo 1, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +47 22 24 55 01 fax: +47 22 24 55 90 Web: www.kriminalomsorgen.no |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Marianne Vollan
Director General |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
3,575
at 1.9.2012 (national prison administration - not including 130 prisoners serving their sentences in psychiatric hospitals, drug treatment centres etc.) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
71
based on an estimated national population of 5.03 million at beginning of September 2012 (from Eurostat figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
26.1%
(1.9.2012) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
5.3%
(1.9.2012) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0.2%
(1.9.2012 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
32.4%
(1.9.2012) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
43
(2012) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 3,838
(1.9.2012 - excluding places in treatment centres) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
92.1%
(1.9.2012 - excluding prisoners in treatment centres) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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