Bergen Prison is located in the
Bergen kommune in
Vestland
Vestland is a Counties of Norway, county in Norway. The county is located in Western Norway, and its administrative centre is Bergen, where the executive and political leadership is based. The County governor (Norway), County Governor is based in ...
and is placed under the west Criminal Care department. The prison was opened in 1990 and has a capacity of 258 inmates.
Women and men serve together in Bergen prison, and there have been repeated revelations about female inmates
prostituting themselves in exchange for drugs.
References
External links
Official website
Buildings and structures in Bergen
Prisons in Norway
1990 establishments in Norway
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