Released from Prison in Denmark: Experiences vs. Ambitions

Olesen, Annette; Storgaard, Anette

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“…Additionally, some authors have suggested that the Catalan Administration has a 'supervision and probation' ideology in regards of the supervision of people with community sanctions -rather than a 'sentence enforcement' ideology - (Blay & Larrauri 2017, 199), 17 which could also explain the openness of their open prisons considering that they are conceived fundamentally as a release measure and so closer in some ways to community penalties than to prisons. In Nordic countries, open prisons also justify their work in terms of rehabilitation and treatment but do not play such an important role in the resettlement or release process, which instead is mainly seen as the task of parole and other measures including halfway houses and electronic monitoring 18 (see the case of Denmark in Olesen & Storgaard 2016and Storgaard 2019, Finland in Lappi-Seppälä 2019, Norway in Johnsen & Fridhov 2019and Sweden in Persson & Svensson 2019.…”

Section: Discussion: Some Thoughts On the Openness Of Open Prisonsmentioning

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Prisoners in the community: the open prison model in Catalonia

Martí¹

2021

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Open prisons are low-security penitentiary institutions in which life conditions are less strict than in closed prisons, and where prisoners have more contact with the outside world. Despite sharing important features, some variations can be found in the model of open prisons in different countries. This article describes the Catalan open prison model, characterized by the fact that prisoners serve the sentence in full semi-liberty; that is, by day they work and spend time with their families or doing other activities, but return to prison to sleep. As a contribution to the comparative study of open prisons, I describe here how Catalan open prisons are run and discuss the concept of ‘openness’ with reference, above all, to the open prisons that exist in Scandinavian countries. This work shows that the degree of openness of open prisons varies considerably between different countries – therefore approaching community penalties or closed prisons in a greater or lesser extent – and suggests that the role that open prisons are granted in each penal system is part of the explanation.1 1)Marta Martí holds a PhD in Law (Criminology). Currently, she is working as an external consultant for the International Committee of the Red Cross in El Salvador and she is member of the Research Group in Criminology and Criminal Justice System of Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain). This article is based on her PhD dissertation, ‘One foot in and one foot out: serving a prison sentence in an open prison’, which was accepted in November 2018 in Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain). The full version of the dissertation (in Spanish) can be found on the following link: https://repositori.upf.edu/handle/10230/36320. This article is part of the project ‘Ejecución y supervisión de la pena: calidad de la intervención, legitimidad y reincidencia’ (DER2015-64403-P), funded by the Spanish Government. AbstractÅbne fængsler har et lavere control-niveau end lukkede fængsler og indsatte i åbne fængsler har mere kontakt til verden uden for fængslet. Trods mange ligheder findes der også en del forskelle imellem åbne fængsler i forskellige lande. I denneartikel præsenteres åbne fængsler i Catalonien. Disse er kendetegnet ved at de indsatte rent faktisk nyder delvis frihed. Det indebærer, at de i dagtimerne går på arbejde uden for fængslet eller tilbringer tid sammen med deres familie eller er beskæftiget på anden måde i lokalområdet. Om aftenen vender de tilbage til fængslet og tilbringer natten dér. I artiklen sammenlignes de catalanske åbne fængsler med åbne fængsler i Skandinavien. Sammenligningen viser, at der er store forskelle i graden af åbenhed i åbne fængsler, nogle steder ligger de tættere på samfunds-straffe og andre steder langt tættere på lukkede fængsler. Der argumenteres for, at en del af forklaringen her på er, hvilken rolle i det samlede nationale straffesystem de åbne fængsler har i forskellige lande.

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Prisoners in the community: the open prison model in Catalonia

Martí¹

2021

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“…Indeed, in 2017 the state recorded a 3.2 billion Norwegian kroner (NOK) (£300m) income from fines, compensation and confiscation payments (Statistics Norway 2018a). Whilst little research exists on debt and crime in Norway (though see Andvig et al (2019) on the importance of debt advice and achieving "economic freedom"), Annette Olesen has written extensively about it in the Danish context (Olesen 2013(Olesen , 2016Olesen and Storgaard 2016;Olesen 2017). Olesen sheds light on one aspect of the Danish system more punitive than progressive: offenders are held liable for their legal costs.…”

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An Unpaid Debt to Society: How ‘Punishment Debt’ Affects Reintegration and Desistance From Crime in Norway

Todd-Kvam

2019

The British Journal of Criminology

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The Scandinavian exceptionalism literature has highlighted the relatively progressive and rehabilitative nature of imprisonment in Norway, with the Norwegian Correctional Services taking the view that those convicted of crimes have paid their debt to society at the end of their sentence. However, other parts of the Norwegian state take a more stringent view, imposing and enforcing significant and persistent debts on offenders. This article, based on official documents and interviews with Norwegian desisters and probation caseworkers, analyses how living with debt poses a major challenge for reintegration and desistance. Referred to informally as ‘punishment debt’, this pervasive but less visible aspect of Norwegian penality demonstrates the need to broaden the penal exceptionalism research agenda beyond the confines of the prison.

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Ex-prisoners’ Need for Legal Aid in Denmark

Olesen

2017

Outsourcing Legal Aid in the Nordic Welfare States

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Released from Prison in Denmark: Experiences vs. Ambitions

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Prisoners in the community: the open prison model in Catalonia

Prisoners in the community: the open prison model in Catalonia

An Unpaid Debt to Society: How ‘Punishment Debt’ Affects Reintegration and Desistance From Crime in Norway

Ex-prisoners’ Need for Legal Aid in Denmark

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