Norwegian island prison offers alternative correctional strategy
A small island prison in Norway is taking a different path to traditional penal institutions.
Adultery execution lawyer reunited with family in Norway
An Iranian lawyer, who was forced to flee his country after defending a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, has been reunited with his f...
Icelandic psychiatrist voted vice chair of Europe torture committee
The Council of Europe’s European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) elected last week its ...
Sweden threatens to get tougher on crime
According to a new report from the Swedish government, the country needs to crack down on crime by handing out harsher punishments for violent crimes ...