Prison education in Norway
The importance for work and life after release

Overview:

The article emphasizes the importance of education in prison in Norway, which includes primary and secondary school, work qualifying courses, vocational training, and tertiary studies for work and life after release.

All Norwegian prisons currently have established educational programmes at the mandatory and upper secondary levels, and prison education is an earmarked state measure.

Learning Objectives:

  • To demonstrate that education in prison has contributed to social benefits, self-determination, and accountability by enabling the ex-prisoners to improve their mastery and self-esteem.
  • To show that formal learning can be something else or something more than the acquisition of pure knowledge or skills.

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Authors and References:

Authors and References Christin Tønseth & Ragnhild Bergsland | Sammy King Fai Hui (Reviewing editor) (2019) Prison education in Norway – The importance for work and life after release, Cogent Education, 6:1, DOI: 10.1080/2331186X.2019.1628408