Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND – Norsk Nukleær Dekommisjonering) has been granted a licence to own and operate the ...

Prisoners will return to prison within five years, compared to Halden Prison in Norway at 20 percent, the lowest in the world. Out of 5 million people, fewer than 4,000 are in Halden. Why?

For Norway, removing people's freedom is enough of a punishment. Like many prisons, Halden seeks to prepare inmates for life on the outside with vocational programs: wood-working, assembly ...

The Norwegian government has issued Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning with a licence to own and operate the nuclear fuel and ...

Norway's prison utopia The U.S. may be pursuing some radical prison reforms, but former New York state prison superintendent James Conway could hardly believe his eyes when he visited Halden ...

In Norway, the rate is around 20 percent after two years and 25 percent after five years, according to Are Høidal, the former ...

Design awards are not something associated with prisons, but maximum-security Halden Prison in Norway is "often compared with a chic hotel" for its minimalist architecture, said the i news site.

The Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority has given its approval for Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning to assume responsibility for the nuclear fuel and materials testing reactor at Halden, ...

An American prison superintendent takes a tour of a maximum-security prison in Norway. Produced by Noah Friedman. Video footage courtesy of the Finnish broadcaster Yle. Follow BI Video ...