News from KRUS

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News from KRUS

Welcome to our web site

By Ottar Evensen - Tuesday, October 27, 2009

KRUS.no is updated every week and our aim is to inform you about everyday activities at our campus, the old school building on the Teisen hill in Oslo. A lot of things

are going on here, and we try to take photographs and write a few lines about most of the activities, and some information will occasionaly be translated to English.

We have welcomed 155 new cadets

Ottar Evensen - Wednesday, January 04, 2012

The first cohort to follow the new curriculum met at KRUS today and was welcomed by our Director Hans-Jørgen Brucker and Manager of Studies Department Egil Larsen. The former emphasized in his welcome address that as an employee of The Correctional Services it is always important to remember that you represent a government agency, in working hours as well as in leisure time. And Egil Larsen... Read more >

Merry Christmas

all of us at KRUS - Tuesday, December 20, 2011

We wish all our international friends Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! And we look forward to meet you all again in 2012. Read more >

Research collaboration

Torunn Højdahl - Thursday, September 22, 2011

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. Read more >

4th Meeting of the EPTA

Ottar Evensen - Thursday, June 23, 2011

30 participants from Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Romania, Great Britain, Sweden, Spain, Switzerland and Norway attended The 4th Meeting of European Penitentiary Training Academies at KRUS 23rd and 24th of June, which was opened by the Norwegian Minister of Justice's political advisor Erik Øwre Thorshaug, who was concerned about the increased importance of international cooperation in the... Read more>

A delegation to Ryazan

Ottar Evensen - Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The Norwegian Delegates were Director Harald Føsker, Ministry of Justice, Director Hans-Jørgen Brucker, KRUS and senior adviser Torunn Hasler, Ministry of Justice. The purpose of the trip was to introduce the new director of KRUS and become familiar with the acting head of the Ryazan Academy, Professor Aleksey Chistyakov. And further discuss cooperation within the Intent of cooperation... Read more >

The 13th Focus Conference

Ottar Evensen - Wednesday, June 08, 2011

The weather gods were on KRUS' side when the 13th Focus Conference of the Norwegian Correctional Service opened Wednesday, after two wet rainy days at the beginning of the week. The 140 participants were well received in the sunshine. KRUS new director, Hans-Jørgen Brucker welcomed and Director General Marianne Vollan opened this year Conference, which theme was "Quality of Correctional... Read more >

British Award Winners

Ottar Evensen - Monday, May 30, 2011

This week was KRUS British guests, ten "Award Winners" from Essex Probation, and the prize is a trip to Norway, with accommodation at KRUS property. After arriving in KRUS was a maxi taxi ready to run all the lunch and tour at Ila prison. Tomorrow will be a longer trip to Halden prison. All jobs in Essex Probation, the correctional services in the county of Essex, Storbrittannia. The annual UK... Read more >

Russian secondees

Ottar Evensen - Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Five young Russian secondees defied the threat of ash cloud from Iceland and arrived KRUS as agreed Monday. The picture shows from left Ivan Karavaeva, Dmitry Tarkhanov, Akopyan Sergei, Platov Egor and Renata Galiev from the academy in Ryazan. They were picked up by our cadets at the airport and accommodated in KRUS property, where the night guard offered pizza Monday night. Tuesday started the... Read more >

Nordic program forum

Torunn Højdahl - Tuesday, April 12, 2011

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... Read more >

Kenyan visitors

Ottar Evensen - Tuesday, April 05, 2011

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... Read more >

Nordic meeting of dog instructors

Ottar Evensen - Monday, February 21, 2011

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... Read more >