Department of Correctional and Mediation Services
1875-01-01 00:00:00.0 Founding by complex reorganization
Name
* Office of the Penal Institution and Prisons
Short name
Kontoret for Strafanstalt- og Fængselsvæsenet
Affiliations
Ministry
Hierarchical level
Division
Superior body
Ministry of Justice and Police
Located
301 Kristiania
- Crime office
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1897-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Change of name
Name
Prison Board
Short name
Fengselsstyret
1980-01-01 00:00:00.0 Change of name
Name
Prison and Probation Department
Short name
Kriminalomsorgsavd.
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1980-01-01 00:00:00.0 Maintenance by reorganization
Name
Prison and Probation Department
Short name
Kriminalomsorgsavd.
- Norges Vernesamband
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2005-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Change of name
Name
Prison and Probation Department
Short name
Kriminalomsorgsavdelingen
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2013-07-01 00:00:00.0 Change of name
Name
Correctional Services Department
Short name
Kriminalomsorgsavdelingen
2013-07-01 00:00:00.0 Maintenance by secession
- Case number Parliament sakid=(39282)
- Case number Parliament sakid=(57766)
- Case number Parliament sakid=(57320)
- Case number Parliament sakid=(57321)
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2019-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Change of name
Name
Department of Crime Prevention
Short name
Avdeling for kriminalitetsforebygging
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2026-01-01 00:00:00.0 * Change of name
Name
Department of Correctional and Mediation Services
Short name
STA
Tasks:
The Department of Correctional and Mediation Services is responsible for the execution of sentences, i.e. management of the Norwegian Correctional Service and the National Mediation Service, including budget, regulatory provisions (the Execution of Sentences Act and the National Mediation Service Act) and long-term planning.
The department is also responsible for ensuring knowledge of which sanctions are effective in preventing crime, and under which conditions they are effective.
Source: regjeringen.no