Some Useful Resources About Norway’s Department of Corrections
Articles
1. Oregon’s attempts to humanize their system of corrections (Marshall Project) https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/08/04/she-tried-to-humanize-prisons-in-oregon-can-she-fix-the-federal-system
2. Incarceration’s impact on mental health: research in brief (Prison Policy Initiative):https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2021/05/13/mentalhealthimpacts/
3. Some prison stats on Norway: Prison Insider: https://www.prison-insider.com/en/countryprofile/norvege-2019?s=populations-specifiques-5d9b19c2d4a4f
4. How Norway turns prisoners into good neighbors (BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-48885846
5. Cost benefit: Adult and juvenile evidence based programs in CT (2016). http://resultsfirstct.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Benefit-Cost-Analyses-November-2016.pdf
6. Cost benefit: Adult and juvenile evidence based programs in CT (2014).
https://imrp.dpp.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3351/2021/09/2014-October-adult-criminal.pdf
7. UN’s report on CT solitary as torture
8. The Norwegian’s Correctional Service official website:
https://www.kriminalomsorgen.no/?cat=536003
9. Recent brawl in CT’s prison (Uncasville) https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/08/03/melee-in-connecticut-prison/
10. Norway’s prison ombudsperson: Report on Bergen
https://www.sivilombudet.no/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Bergen-Prison.pdf
Films
11. US Prison history in brief – A powerful narrative by the Equal Justice Initiative told through animation “From Slavery to Incarceration” (5min)
12. “Corrections as Rehabilitation” – IMRP’s 3 part series (video) about Norway’s Prison system https://imrp.dpp.uconn.edu/ctreentry/
13. Official Rap Video: Indre Østfold Prisoners and Staff made during COVID YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HE-KwenGIk
14. Youth week video (in Norwegian) (5min)- How they support Norwegian’ youth prisoners (during a week of school break): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJoOVJ3V1H8
15. Breaking the Cycle: Halden Prison vs. Attica (54min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pPgQPcv0ew
a. “One State, One Film” IMRP’s panel discussion on the film: https://vimeo.com/540856457
16. How one PA prison reinvisioned itself to model Norway’s: “Prison Project: Little Scandinavia (20min)
17. Recent CNN-Brazil Documentary on Halden Prison
Some Useful Resources: Connecticut/US & Baden-Württemberg/Germany/Norway
Articles
1. Prison Without Punishment | The Marshall Project
2. I Did It Norway | The Marshall Project
3. How Long Can Connecticut’s Prison Reform Last? | The Atlantic
4. Behind Bars | 60 Minutes CBS
5. Oregon’s attempts to humanize their system of corrections (Marshall Project)
6. Incarceration’s impact on mental health: research in brief (Prison Policy Initiative)
7. UN’s report on CT solitary as torture
8. Recent brawl in CT’s prison (Corrigan CI, Uncasville)
9. Christine Morgenstern, Hans Kromrey, DETOUR – Towards Pre-trial Detention as Ultima Ratio
10. Frieder Dünkel, The Impact of Covid-19 on Prisons and Penal Policy in Germany
Films
11. US Prison history in brief – A powerful narrative by the Equal Justice Initiative told through animation “From Slavery to Incarceration” (5min)
12. “Corrections as Rehabilitation” – IMRP’s 3 part series (video) about Norway’s Prison system
13. Breaking the Cycle: Halden Prison vs. Attica (54min)
a. “One State, One Film” IMRP’s panel discussion on the film:
14. How one PA prison re-envisioned itself to model Norway’s: “Prison Project: Little Scandinavia (20min)
15. Life on Parole/Frontline/PBS
a. IMRP Case Study
b. IMRP Project Page