Anders Behring Breivik, who admits killing 77 people in twin Norwegian terror attacks on 22nd July, is to be released from solitary confinement while he awaits his trial. Read the full story

“I hoped the case would be thrown out, but that didn’t happen. He now has to go in front of a jury on 2nd November. This means the uncertainty continues,” Says Hjordis Vilhjalmsdottir, the mother of 25 year-old Viktor Eyjolfsson, who was arrested on 9th September in St. Lous, Missouri, USA. Read the full story

A Swedish woman, her boyfriend and another male have been jailed for beating the woman’s former teacher to death after she alleged he had groped her when she was at school. Read the full story

Police in a southern Finnish town have admitted that they were not particularly concerned when a woman, found guilty of two brutal murders, escaped from a prison in the area. Read the full story

A gun duel, which saw one man being shot in the buttock and the other in the chest, has resulted in five-year prison sentences for both the survivors. Read the full story

The Reykjavik district police force has been waiting for a new detention facility for 14 years. The deputy police chief describes it as a ‘woeful situation’. Read the full story

A convicted serial killer has been acquitted of murdering a nine year-old Norwegian girl, as he continues his campaign to prove his numerous previous confessions were merely drug-induced, attention-seeking ramblings. Read the full story

A small island prison in Norway is taking a different path to traditional penal institutions. Read the full story

Young Danish criminals actually prefer being in prison than at home and see their incarceration as a holiday, according to a new report. Read the full story

Reykjavik District Court has acquitted the Icelandic state of charges that a man was unlawfully arrested and held in custody for a murder he was later cleared of. Read the full story