What ultimately makes society safer? Almost all prisoners will eventually be released — and then they will be our neighbors, or stand next to us at the supermarket checkout. Norway says: Prisoners ...

Dutch prisoners who currently enjoy countryside views and can cook their own food are suing the government over a deal for Norwegian convicts to take over their “luxury” cells. The agreement, signed ...

Dutch authorities on Wednesday handed over the keys of a jail in the Netherlands to Norwegian officials, as Oslo gets creative with trying to resolve its problem of prison overcrowding. Some 242 ...

More and more people are being sent behind bars. According to the Institute for Criminal Policy Research, over 10.35 million individuals are being held in penal institutions throughout the world, ...