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 ...

Halden Prison in Norway houses dozens of convicted murderers and violent offenders within a multimillion-pound maximum security compound designed entirely without cell bars. Former UK Prisons Minister ...

Rightwing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway in 2011, will appear in court on Tuesday to accuse the Norwegian state of violating his human rights by holding him in ...

Step inside Halden Prison in Norway, a groundbreaking Maximum Security facility where dangerous criminals live in apartment-style campus blocks equipped with modern kitchens, private bathrooms, and ...

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik accused prison officers of trying to drive him to suicide in conditions he describes as “a mini Abu Ghraib.” Breivik wrote a 27-page ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway is in talks with the Netherlands to rent prison space and export some prisoners while carrying out urgent maintenance work and to ease overcrowding, an official said ...

Oslo, Apr 4 (AFP) A Norwegian court today sentenced an Islamist to nine years in prison for recruiting a jihadist candidate who wanted to join the Islamic State (IS) group. An Oslo court also found ...

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Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide says parliament could approve the measure this fall, covering individuals and companies trading with settlements, including in East Jerusalem; an Israeli resident war ...