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Incarceration numbers. Rates are per 100,000 inhabitants. [1] Location Rates Number Afghanistan: 45 19,000 Albania: 168 4,565 Algeria: 217 94,749 American Samoa (USA) 538 301 Andorra: 60 51 Angola: 68 24,490 Anguilla (United Kingdom) 240 36 Antigua and Barbuda: 400 400 Argentina: 254 117,810 Armenia: 83 2,469 Aruba (Netherlands) 288 311 Australia
Norway's prison system is renowned as one of the most effective and humane in the world. Norway has one of the lowest recidivism rates in the world; in 2018 the reconviction rate was 18% within two years of release, with a recidivism rate of 25% after five years. [1] The country also has one of the lowest crime rates on Earth.
In 2023, Norway had a murder rate of 0.72 per 100,000 population. There were a total of 40 murders in Norway in 2023. [2]According to a comparison of crime statistics from Norwegian Kripos and Swedish BRÅ done by Norwegian daily newspaper Aftenposten, the murder rate of Norway has since 2002 been roughly half that of neighbour country Sweden.
Bastøy Prison (Norwegian: Bastøy fengsel) is a low-security, male-only prison on Bastøy Island, Norway, located in the Horten municipality about 75 km south of Oslo.The prison is on a 2.6 km 2 island and hosts 115 inmates making it the largest low-security prison in Norway. [1]
[7] [8] In 2015 the US had the 2nd highest incarceration rate (698), behind the Seychelles rate of 799 per 100,000. [5] Comparing English-speaking developed countries; the incarceration rate of Canada was 85 per 100,000 (as of 2020), [9] England and Wales was 146 per 100,000 (as of 2023), [10] and Australia was 158 per 100,000 (as of 2022). [11]
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In Norway a focus on preparation for societal re-entry has yielded "one of the lowest recidivism rates in the world at 20%, [while] the US has one of the highest: 76.6% of [American] prisoners are re-arrested within five years". [74] The Swedish incarceration rate decreased by 6% between 2011 and 2012. [75]
In Norway the recidivism rate measured by re-charging in the 5-year period from base year 2017 is for any charged offense 38.7%, for property theft 49.6%, for criminal damage 45.2%, for violence and maltreatment 46.8%, for sexual offenses 31.7%, for drug and alcohol offenses 48.1%, and for traffic offenses 27.8%. [39]