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Insight into Norwegian Correctional Sanctions: An Alternative to Prison

Dive into the Norwegian Correctional Service's approach to minor crimes, exploring various sanctions and community-based interventions to reduce recidivism rates.

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Insight into Norwegian Correctional Sanctions: An Alternative to Prison

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  1. The Norwegian Correctional Menu With emphasisonminorcrimes Director General Marianne Vollan, Norwegian Correctional Service Seminar in Riga, 30 September 2013 Kriminalomsorgsdirektoratet (KDI)

  2. Whichsanctions to choose from? For theprosecutionauthority: • Writ(fine) For thejudge: • Prison penalty • (Preventive detention) • Fines • CommunitySentence • Programme for Intoxicated drivers • Drug Court For theCorrectional Service: • Home curfewwith or withoutelectronicmonitoring • Serving thesentence in an institution • Serving an unpaid fine by doingwork Kriminalomsorgsdirektoratet (KDI)

  3. Whyseek alternatives to prison? • Community-basedinterventionsallow for theoffender to maintainemployment, socialrelations etc. • Institutionalizing has often negative effects • Weneedthe prison capacity – we have a waiting list • Prison is more expensive • The recidivism rate seems to be lowerwhen serving a sentence in thecommunitythan in prison Kriminalomsorgsdirektoratet (KDI)

  4. A closerlookintosomesanctions • Programme for Intoxicated Drivers • Electronic Monitoring • Serving thesentence in an institution • Serving an unpaid fine by doingwork Kriminalomsorgsdirektoratet (KDI)

  5. What is the Programme for Intoxicated Drivers? • A penal sanction which may be given to people who would otherwise have been sentenced to unconditional imprisonment for driving while intoxicated, with legal or illegal substances • The penal sanction consists of: • Individual conversations • Structured group meetings (lessons) • Mapping the needs of treatment • Control under the auspices of the correctional service • The implementation period is normally 10 months Kriminalomsorgsdirektoratet (KDI)

  6. The Aims of the Programme • To generate greater road safety and reduce the number of road accidents by working to prevent new criminal acts of driving while intoxicated • The convicted are to: • gain increased knowledge of their behaviour with intoxicants and the risks associated with it • gain increased motivation to change such behaviour • get assistance in finding ways to help them avoid driving while intoxicated in the future. • To impart knowledge about the consequences of driving while intoxicated and to make the convicted conscious of taking responsibility for their own actions Kriminalomsorgsdirektoratet (KDI)

  7. Target group • People who would otherwise have been sentenced to unconditional imprisonment for severe incidents of driving while intoxicated, and who have problems with alcohol and/or other kinds of substances or sedatives • The sanction may also be applied to people who do not have an extensive substance abuse problem, but have driving while intoxicated as a problem. Repeatedly driving while intoxicated may indicate a substance abuse problem Kriminalomsorgsdirektoratet (KDI)

  8. Electronic Monitoring • A pilot projectsince 2008 • A prison sentence up to 4 months (front door) or the last 4 monthsof a longer sentence (back door) can be transformedinto EM • The convicted has to apply for EM • The convict must have a place to live and participate in thecommunity • EM involves a veryclosefollowing-up, and is merely a tool, not a stand-alonemeasure • About 10 % recidivismafter 2 years Kriminalomsorgsdirektoratet (KDI)

  9. Serving thesentence in a treatmentinstitution • When it is seennecessary for improvingtheconvictedperson’scapacity to functionsocially and law-abidingly • Manyinmates have a major drug and/or alcoholaddiction problem • Addressingthe problem, mayfacilitatebetter for theoffender to choose a crime-free lifestyle Kriminalomsorgsdirektoratet (KDI)

  10. Serving an unpaid fine • Today an unpaid fine must be served in prison • The Norwegian Parliament has passednewlegislationdecidingthattheunpaid fine can be served by doingwork in thecommunity • The newlegislation is not yet in force, butwillmeanthatnobody has to go to prison outofeconomicreasons • The Correctional Service will be responsible for theexecutionofthesanction Kriminalomsorgsdirektoratet (KDI)

  11. Thankyou for theattention! Kriminalomsorgsdirektoratet (KDI)

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