Instead of an overly crammed prison cell, the Nordic cell offers a cozy, neat, apartment-style comfort with enough space to move around. “Nordic prison cells look like $3,000 apartments in San ...

As a result, Nordic prisons are facing some of the same challenges as prisons in the UK, including overcrowding and understaffing. Norway Norwegian prisoners have the right to vote, and their ...

First, an important caveat: Nordic prisons are not all open facilities ... and you are always one misstep from a cell in a closed prison. You have strict curfews. In town you carry an electronic ...

“In the Nordic countries ... the study found. Every cell in the recently-opened high-security Halden Prison in Norway features a television, en suite bathrooms, unbarred windows and designer ...

Understaffing in Norway's prisons has led to people being locked in their cells for up to 22 hours ... writing for The Conversation. “The Nordic countries still provide a source of inspiration ...

In these facilities, which are known as "open prisons," inmates aren't kept in tiny cells with near-zero daylight. They're given full access to roam around the prison's grounds, the ability to ...

In Nordic countries like Sweden ... and you are always one misstep from a cell in a closed prison. You have strict curfews. In town you carry an electronic anklet. Yet nothing here feels unfair ...

However, it's now receiving a Nordic-style makeover that will focus ... plans mentioned include an upgrade in housing (i.e. the prison cells) and a town square-style area, plus family visit ...

Prison reform advocates often point to the Nordic countries as examples of ... They are often in their cells alone for up to 23 hours a day, despite being presumed innocent until found guilty.