15.4.2016

Activity programme and measures to combat isolation

People who are deprived of their liberty are entitled to participate in meaningful activities such as work, education, recreational pursuits, physical activity and social interaction. At the same time, they have far less control over their own day-to-day lives. Closed institutions therefore have an important responsibility to ensure that people deprived of their liberty are offered a satisfactory activity programme.

14.4.2016

The use of coercive measures during deprivation of liberty

All of the sectors that were visited in 2015 had the right to use coercive measures. However, the use of such measures is subject to strict conditions. In the course of 2015, the NPM identified several challenges found across sectors, and some that were specific to particular types of institutions.

29.3.2016

NPM Annual Report 2015

The Parliamentary Ombudsman's second annual report as Norway's national preventive mechanism under OPCAT was published on 29 March, 2016.

15.3.2016

OSCE Human Dimension Committee Meeting on Torture Prevention

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) had torture prevention on its agenda during a meeting in the Human Dimension Committee on 1 March in Vienna. Helga Fastrup Ervik was among the participants and she shared experiences from the Norwegian NPM's work.

9.3.2016

Kongsvinger Prison

Read the report from the NPM's visit here.

3.3.2016

New NPM staff

In January and February, three new staff members joined the National Preventive Mechanism. They have different vocational backgrounds and contribute new, valuable expertise to the preventive work.

23.2.2016

Sørlandet Hospital, Kristiansand

Read the report in English here.

9.12.2015

Trandum

The Parliamentary Ombudsman is critical of how detainees are being treated at Trandum

11.11.2015

Telemark Prison, Skien Unit

At Telemark Prison's Skien unit, inmates who should be serving their sentence in a communal section remain in the restricted section longer than necessary as a result of the high occupancy level. Furthermore, the prison should extend the periods of contact between inmates and staff in the highest-security section and consider other measures to reduce the risk of harmful effects of isolation. These are among the findings and recommendations from the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s report from a visit to Telemark Prison, Skien unit.

30.10.2015

Protection of people at particular risk of torture and ill-treatment

On Thursday 24 September, the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) organised a panel debate on protection of people who are deprived of their liberty and are in a particularly vulnerable situation.