One in four:
Some 25 percent of prisoners in Norwegian jails are citizens of other countries than Norway.
This is a huge jump from 2003, when just 15 percent of the prisoners were non-Norwegians, reports Aftenposten.no.
For comparison, just 5 percent of those living in Norway are not Norwegian citizens.
The Justice Department report reveals that 683 prisoners began serving sentences in 2007, although the actual figure could be higher, as the report only counts sentences and doesn’t include criminals who are directly transferred from arrest to imprisonment.
The list of nationalities in Norwegian jails is topped by Poland, Iraq, Lithuania, Sweden, and Somalia.
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