My
Name is Trond Johannesen. I am a Norwegian correction
officer. I have been a correction officer since I
left The Prison Service College in 1988. My homepages contains unofficial information.
Rehabilitation
of inmates.
To resist and not succumb to drugs is very difficult.
Still it is clear that Norway has achieved an exemplary
model of prisoner confinement, even for Europe. The
whole system of open prison is aimed at the possibility
of rehabilitation, of returning to normal life. And
here you instinctively believe that it truly is rehabilitation,
and not punishment.
Norway
has learned to value its citizens, even those who
break the law. Some 30% of all prisoners in Norway,
that is to say about a thousand people, are in open
prisons. They are those with only one year to eighteen
months left to serve, or those who started with a
very short sentence. They need the maximum adjustment
to normal life before leaving prison, the authorities
believe, and this is not at all easy after a long
term. That is why these open prisons have such a free
regime. It is in society's interest to get back a
full-fledged citizen.
Regulations to the Execution of Sentences Act
Laid down by the Crown Prince Regent’s decree
of 22 February 2002 pursuant to Act of 18 May 2001
No. 21 relating to the execution of sentences etc.
(the Execution of Sentences Act) section 5. Issued
by the Ministry of Justice and the Police.
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