page_title: Norwegian Correctional Service
section_title: Southwestern Region
hierarchical_section_title: Norwegian Correctional Service / The regions / Southwestern Region
caption_attribution_description: Stavanger_fengsel
context_page_description: The Norwegian Correctional Service is a government agency responsible for the implementation of detention and punishment in a way that is reassuring for the society and for preventing criminal acts. The agency is governed by the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security.
  The agency was created as the Prison Board in 1875 and was subordinate to the Department of Justice and Police, headed by a director. The Prison Board was disbanded in 2002 and replaced by the Norwegian Correctional Service.
  Kragerø Prison is Norway's fourth prison for females and a fifth is expected to start operating as a wing of Kongsvinger Prison at the beginning of 2017.
context_section_description: Correctional Services south-western region includes the counties of Rogaland, Vest-Agder and Aust-Agder. The administration is located in Sandnes, and Regional Director is Gudmund Idsøe.
  The region consists of Arendal Prison, Agder probation offices (Kristiansand, Arendal and Lyngdal), Auklend halfway house, Haugesund Prison, Kristiansand Prison, Rogaland probation offices (Stavanger and Haugesund), Sandeid Prison, Solholmen halfway house, Stavanger Prison and Åna Prison.
caption: Stavanger Prison
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