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Reintegration of Foreign Prisoners in Norway: Challenges and Strategies

This presentation by Gerhard Ploeg, Ph.D., explores the challenges faced by foreign prisoners in Norway, focusing on their reintegration into society. It highlights the increase in foreign nationals in prisons, peaking at 2,810 in 2009, and discusses various services provided by local providers, including housing, education, and addiction treatment. The presentation also addresses mental health issues, cultural displacement, and strategies for international cooperation to improve reintegration efforts, ensuring a more effective approach to supporting foreign inmates.

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Reintegration of Foreign Prisoners in Norway: Challenges and Strategies

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  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

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