Prison criticised for isolating prisoners
Many inmates in Oslo prison are isolated in their cells almost around the clock, according to a new report. The Parliamentary Ombudsman is critical. The...
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12
June
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Got help from prison to freedom
Just before André became a free man, the municipality arranged a residence with a living room, bathroom and kitchen. Here he can stay for a...
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11
November
The dangerous release
Jan has completed a sentence of ten months at Ullersmo. He doesn't know how to manage afterwards. Where he will live. Every year, around 10,000 people...
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06
November
He took the punishment – we got the revenge
Misdeeds are to be punished, but not avenged. Are we completely honest about why we put people in jail? Johan Lothe was interviewed by Vårt Land...
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11
May
The road from prison to freedom
VG 13.02.2017: Nicolai Neset (45) received help from someone who had known the challenges on his body. After several years of substance abuse and imprisonment,...
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11
May
Wayback – life after imprisonment – Active and personal follow-up is crucial
If former convicts are to succeed when they get out of prison and back into society, the Wayback Foundation knows where the shoes are pressing....
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24
April
I got one call. I had no one to call.
"You know you've hit rock bottom when you realize you've lost what mattered most," says a candid Roger Ellingsen. Roger Ellingsen heads the Bergen branch of...
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10
April
Inmates must stay in double rooms
Feature on Norwegian prison conditions on NRK Kveldsnytt, 21 February 2018. See the feature on the nrk.no here (new window) >>...
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21
March
Prison sentences work
Skeptical: Johan Lothe of the Wayback Foundation believes the research shows that education and follow-up, not prison sentences per se, work. Read about the report and...
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19
May
Conservatives want to help prisoners out of crime
Erna Solberg runs go-karts together with Wayback's members. See the NRK feature here >>...
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19
April