Erik and Lyle Menendez lead a prison beautification project inspired by Norway's humane model. Norway’s approach emphasizes rehabilitation and low recidivism. The project aims to transform their ...

Prison reform advocates often point to the Nordic countries as examples of "how to do prison right." The low rates of imprisonment and more humane approach to incarceration in these countries have ...

ULLENSAKER, Norway — From the outside, Romerike Prison looks like many correctional facilities in the United States: barbed-wire fences, guard stations and inmate cells scattered across acres of land.

Its director, Andrew Clark, has been a catalyst, inducing a widening circle of stakeholders, including correction officers ...