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Norwegian prisons
The following is a transcript of an interview between the Director of Centre Think Tank Torrin Wilkins and Ben Crewe who is the Deputy Director of the Prisons Research Centre at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge. This is the second paper in our series looking at the prison system within the UK and how we can learn from Norway.
Norwegian prisons: An introduction to the Norwegian prison system and their philosophy.
Interviewer
Torrin Wilkins
Director and Founder
Torrin founded Centre in 2020. In the role has written numerous papers including one backed by the Gaps in Support APPG which contained 260 MPs. He has also written policies for political parties and appeared on a wide range of media including TV and radio. He has a Political Studies degree from Aberystwyth University.
Interviewee
Ben Crewe
Ben is Professor of Penology & Criminal Justice, and Deputy Director of the Prisons Research Centre, at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge.