Prisons In Norway
The Norwegian Correctional Services (in Norway: Kriminalomsorgen) is a Norwegian prison and probation service and a government agency responsible for the implementation of detention and punishment in a way that is reassuring for the society and for preventing criminal acts. The agency is governed by the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security. In 2011, the system had capacity for 3826 prisoners.
The agency was created as the Prison Board (Norwegian: Fængselsstyrelsen later written Fengselsstyret) in 1875 and was subordinate to the Department of Justice and Police, headed by a director. The Prison Board was disbanded in 2002 and replaced by the Norwegian Correctional Services.
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