Tuesday, Director Hans Jørgen Brucker received representatives of the Russian Federation at KRUS. Irina Mikaleva, Head of the Psychology Department from the Academy of Ryazan and  leading psychologist Svetlana Kosharina from Mordovia are attending a conference in Oslo this week. Their Norway visit started with a late lunch at KRUS.

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Several staff and cadets at KRUS also participated in the training as "markers" in the course with dogs this week. One day was a practical exercise based in Oslo prison. Instructors were first lieutenants Erik Kristensen from the region north and Randi Tjemsland from south-western region as well as customs chief inspector Lars Orning. Participants at the gathering were the first officers Kari Nilsen with dog "Cherry" from north-eastern region, Geir Jacobsen eith "Fox" from the North Region, Snorre Hell Cove with "Dina", Northern Region, Lieutenant Vibeke Gjessvåg with "Nuuk" from the southern region (Tuesday and Wednesday) and Jorgen Hansen with "Freya", the Probation Service in Denmark. Participants were also the first customs inspector Randi Hofgaard Hauge with "Milo" from Stavanger Customs and police officer Øyvind Kjetland with "Mickey" from Haugaland and Sunnhordland police. Read more >

KRUS got pleasant visit from Kenya on Tuesday. Edna A. Nyaloti, Principal Rights Officer / HoD, Mohamed K. Hello, Commission Secretary and Fatuma Adan Dullo, Commissioner. All from the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights in Nairobi. They were accompanied by Ola Godø Andersen from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and were interested in hearing about how we take care of inmates and staff  in Norway and especially the rights of children of prisoners. At KRUS they were informed by the Department  of Studies' head Egil Larsen, Tor Grindaker, Torunn Højdahl, senior advisor Knut Andersen, as well as research director Berit Johnsen. It was served lunch and concluded with a tour of KRUS.

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This year's meeting of the Nordic Program Forum was held on KRUS in Oslo, with participants from Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and England / Wales. The topics were about the research on quality and effectiveness of crime prevention  programs and quality assurance programs. In addition, participants discussed the training and certification of  facilitators / program managers who implement programs with the defendant.

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