Norway has no special prisons for those in pre-trial detention. In total, Norway has a capacity of just over 3600 cells in 33 prison units with 58 prisons.
On probation, the convicted person will need to report to the probation office at regular times, refrain from the use of alcohol and comply to any other specific conditions that have been imposed.īecause of the special geographical shape of the country and its low population density, combined with an intention to let the offender serve his sentence as close to the place where he lives, there is a need for a relatively large number of prisons. It is possible to be released on probation after having served two-thirds of the sentence and a minimum of 74 days. Home detention with electronic monitoring is also possible as a alternative for the last six months of a longer sentence. Any breach of conditions may lead to (re-)imprisonment. The offender must be active during daytime – through school, work, etc.
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Under certain conditions up to half of an unconditional prison sentence may be served at homeĪ full sentence of up to six months unconditional imprisonment may be changed by the correctional services to home detention with electronic monitoring by means of an ankle bracelet. In addition, there is a possibility to serve one’s sentence wholly or partially in a treatment or special care institution when the prison system is unable to deal with the specific type of problems the offender presents, for example with serious addiction. The Correctional services have the possibility to implement a sentence by the court in various ways, and to provide it with various forms of contents.Īn unconditional imprisonment may be implemented by placement in various types of security levels.