1 / 11

Foreign prisoners in Norway

Foreign prisoners in Norway. Gerhard Ploeg Ph.D. Rome 23/11/12. Ministry of Justice and Public Safety , Senior adviser, Dept. of Corrections. Reintegration guarantee. Political guarantee by the Government. Work Education Housing Income Health services Addiction treatment

casey
Télécharger la présentation

Foreign prisoners in Norway

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Foreign prisoners in Norway Gerhard Ploeg Ph.D. Rome 23/11/12 Ministry of Justice and Public Safety, Senior adviser, Dept. of Corrections

  2. Reintegration guarantee Political guarantee by the Government • Work • Education • Housing • Income • Health services • Addiction treatment • Debt counselling • Identity papers • Import model: • Services delivered by local providers • Continuity • Involvement • Budget

  3. Development Foreign nationals in Norwegian prisons per June 1 in percentage of total prison population

  4. Scope Around 1/3 of all inmates New admissions per year doubled from 2006 (1,436) to 2011 (2,730) 53 % of preliminary custody admissions Peak at 2,810 in 2009 From 114 different countries in 2011 Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Iraq

  5. General issues • Language • Contact with loved ones • Culture • Religion • Food • Displacement, alienation • Mental health problems

  6. Different groups • Foreign nationals to be expelled • transferred during sentence • expelled after sentence • non-returnable • Foreign nationals with residence permit / work permit

  7. To be expelled • Transfer during sentences • European Convention • Bilateral agreements • Latvia • Romania • Lithuania • Not signed FD 909 (yet)

  8. To be expelled Special prison for sentenced foreign nationals with extradition measure • Questions: • Limited number of places (100) raises the issue of selection • Contents • Competency among staff • Delivery of services

  9. Non-returnable What do we offer them??

  10. QUESTION: How can we co-operate internationally in order to ensure a better reintegration?

  11. Thank you for your attention! E-mail: gerhard.ploeg@jd.dep.no Tel: +47 22 24 55 73 www.kriminalomsorgen.no

More Related