Petter i fengsel (Documentary, Norwegian)
Genres: Drama, Crime
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2020-03-04
Ended: 2020-03-18
Network: TV 2 Play
Country: NO
Airs on: Wednesday, Thursday
In this documentary series, Petter Nyquist lives like a regular prisoner in Halden Prison for 30 days. Side by side with murderers, robbers and notorious criminals, he gets a unique and personal insight into everyday life behind bars in what's referred to as the world's most humane prison. After he gets out, he continues to follow the inmates for a year, trying to understand how they are shaped by their sentence. Does the punishment work? Are they rehabilitated?