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The Correctional Service of Norway Staff Academy

Ministry of Justice & Public Security

Staff Academy

Region East

Region North

Region West

Region South

Region South-West

4 Transitional Huses 42 Prisons 21 Probation Offices

Organization of the Correctional Services


Directorate of Correctional Services

Key Correctional Figures of Norway 2013


• Prisons and Cells •  Number of prisons: 42

•  The largest has 392 cells (Oslo prison) and •  the smallest has only 12 cells with •  a total of 3,803 prison cells of which •  36% are categorized as low safety (open), •  5% is reserved for women

•  Number of inmates: 3661 •  Of which are 3475 men (94,9 %) and 186 women (5,1 %) •  Convicts: 2323 men (63.5%) and 120 women (3.3%) •  Custody: 984 men (26.9%) and 63 women (1.7%) •  Containment: 83 men (2.3%) and one female (0.0%) •  Fines: 85 men (2.3%) and 2 women (0.1%)

•  Citizenships: 1,237 foreigners (male & women) •  Constituting 34% of all inmates from 103 countries

•  Source: http://www.kriminalomsorgen.no/statistikk-og-noekkeltall.237902.no.html

Regional Offices

Region East (former East & North East)

Region South Region South-West Region West Region North


Prisons

Probation Offices

Sub Offices

Prisons & Probation Offices


Staff Academy: Main Goals

• A basic education covering the Correctional Service's need for qualified personnel

• Continuing education covering the Correctional Service´s needs

• Research that contributes to the professional development and education, good practice and good decision making in the Correctional Service

• Competent technical and financial management


Ministry of Justice & Public Security

Directorate of Correctional Services

Correctional Service of Norway Staff

Academy Director

Hans-Jørgen Brucker

Dept of Administration

Head of Adminsitration Ellen Ekhaugen

i-center

Dept of Studies

Dean Egil Larsen

Head of Studies Kari Undheim

Library

Dept of supplementary & Further Education

Head of Department Hege Lauritzen

Dept of Research

Research Manager Berit Johnsen

Director´s staff Board of recruitment

Organization of the Academy from March 2013


Department of Administration

• Recruiting and ensure that trainees are fit for the prison staff profession

• Provide information, support and service to aspirants, course participants and visitors to the Academy

• Develop and manage the buildings and equipment that promote health, safety and well being of staff and users of the campus

• The department consists of 6 consultants and 5 senior officers


Prison Education: Required Qualifications

•  Higher Education •  Applicants who are 25 years or older and do not

have admission requirements can be assessed on the basis of qualifications in addition to the subjects Norwegian, English and Science

•  Shows necessary maturity and personal fitness for the service

•  20 years or older •  Physical test •  Adequate Health •  Spotless Police Record •  Driving License Class B


Procedures

• After the deadline around 500 applicants are invited for a recruitment day (approximately 1200 applicants in 2013)

• Recruitment Day consists of three phases: •  Writing an assignment •  Physical test •  Interview

• The Board makes the final selection of candidates • Approx. 200 candidates will be offered employment

by the Academy


The Studies

1. year 1.  Semester Theory Semester at KRUS •  Correctional Education •  Law •  Ethics and

Professionalism •  Environmental work •  Safety •  Physical force

Summer Activities in training prison 6 weeks

2. Semester A practical / theoretical term in training prison •  Safety •  Law •  Environmental work •  Physical force

2. year 3. Semester •  A practical / theoretical

term in training prison •  Safety •  Law •  Environmental work •  Physical force

Summer Activities in selected prisons by regional needs - 6 weeks

4. Semester Theory Semester at KRUS •  Law •  Environmental work •  Physical force

3. year Duty service in prisons by regional demand

Duty Service in prisons

Duty Service in prisons by regional demand


The Studies Introduction Topic 1 Correctional Education

•  Science •  Penalties •  Characteristics of offenders •  Today's crime picture and the criminal policy

Topic 2: Sentences of Law and other legal topics

•  Legal Method •  Administration •  Privacy and Human Rights •  Sentences •  Criminal Law •  Criminal process

Topic 3: Ethics and Professionalism •  Correctional values and human rights •  Philosophy of Moral •  Cultural Understanding •  Professional exercise of power and professional

collaboration

Topic 4: Security •  Guidelines for safety •  Practical safety work •  Identification and documentation of safety work •  Communication and Conflict •  Physical force application •  Ethical guidelines for safety work

Topic 5 Milieu and reversal subjects •  Environmental work as a way to work in prison •  Understanding of change and change processes •  Effects of isolation •  Reversal subjects •  Mental Health •  The officer in the prison organization •  Ethics Based professionalism in the organization

Other Subjects •  English •  Physical function tests


Department of Supplementary & Further Education

•  The department's main task is to implement and develop supplementary education that meets the needs of the service

•  Education and training include prison officers and employees of the Probation Offices

•  The department also have responsability for

development tasks

•  The department consists of: 1 head of department, 5 senior advisors and 4 advisors.


Competence Enhancement (2011-15)

Competence Enhancement are mandatory for employees who have worked five years or more in the Correctional Services.

Key topics are: •  Correctional service for today and tomorrow •  Alternative sanctions •  Safety •  Foreign prisoners •  Use of interpreters •  Work with relationship The course is divided into three modules: •  three day course at KRUS •  a written task in the units •  two day course in the regions


•  The courses include training programs, various subjects, conferences and seminars. The courses are presented in our catalogue.

•  The content of the courses are changed annually to adapt to the needs of the service

•  The content of the catalogue are developed through dialogue with the regions, unions and The Directorate of the Correctional Service

•  The catalogue is available online on our website:

http://krus-katalogen.no

The Catalogue (http://krus-katalogen.no)


•  The Research Department of the Academy carries out research on corrections and the execution of sentences.

•  In cooperation with the services, government partners, universities/university colleges and research institutions, the aim is to produce and publish knowledge of high quality.

•  This knowledge will contribute to professional vocational education and practice in the Correctional Services and to solve criminal policy challenges.

•  The department has a social scientific profile and consists of: one research manager, three associate professors, one senior adviser, one researcher and one scholarship holder.

The Research Department


All teaching and training courses at the Academy are founded on research-based knowledge

Equal focus on basic research and applied research

Present and publish research continuously in relevant fora

Encourage and facilitate for staff to qualify for positions as senior lectures, assistant professors and professors

Increase the cooperation with universities, university colleges and research institutions nationally and internationally

A free and independent research

Research - Objectives


Different categories of inmates & convicts Ex.: Foreign prisoners/convicts, children, women

Power Ex.: Radicalization, violence and intimidation, isolation and use of coercive measures

Profession and professional practice Ex.: StudData, interdisciplinary collaboration in substance abuse units

Penalties and Sentences Ex.: electronic monitoring (EK), preventive detention, the guarantee for safe return

Analysis of recidivism

Research - Focus Areas, & Examples of Projects


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