Progressive Party
Let criminals serve
jail sentence abroad
The right wing Progress Party (FrP) proposes that Norway should buy space at penal institutions abroad, for criminals to serve their sentence there. The proposal is met with strong opposition.(Photo: FrP spokesman Jan Arild Ellingsen)
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| 25.09.2008 08:25 | |
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- With our proposal, we are of course primarily thinking of non-Norwegian criminals sentenced in Norway, Ellingsen says to NRK.
State Secretary of the Justice Department, Terje Moland Pedersen (Labour), rejects the proposal outright.
He says the number waiting to serve a sentence is already being reduced through other means, and he strongly dislikes the fact that the proposal is mainly aimed at non-ethnic Norwegians.
Justice Minister Knut Storberget also rejects the proposal, saying both society and the criminals would lose out.
Source: NRK/Norway Post
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