Norwegian island prison offers alternative correctional strategy
A small island prison in Norway is taking a different path to traditional penal institutions.
Hard time a doss for young Danish cons
Young Danish criminals actually prefer being in prison than at home and see their incarceration as a holiday, according to a new report.
Swedish tourist ‘tortured in Egyptian jail’
A Swedish tourist claims he was beaten up and electrocuted in an Egyptian prison for four days before escaping when protesters set fire to the buildin...
The View from Here, No. 7
The seventh in a regular series of columns by Chay Lemoine: ‘Jail’, in which Chay describes the tribulations of teaching Halldor Laxness t...
Bogus doctor jailed in Finland
A young man with no medical training has been jailed after posing as a doctor for a year in clinics in Finland. The 24 year-old was found guilty of fr...
Jail terms handed down for Denmark’s biggest heist
Fourteen men, convicted of the biggest heist in Denmark’s history, have been sentenced to between seven and 10 years in jail. The municipal court in t...
Prisoners revolt over nappy-wearing inmate
Jailbirds at a prison in northern Sweden are threatening to strike, after authorities moved a 78 year-old incontinent man onto their block. According ...
Terrorist suspects to be kept in isolation in Norwegian jail
Two of the three suspected terrorists apprehended by police last Thursday have been jailed by an Oslo court. David Jakobsen, 31, from Uzbekistan, and ...