Statistics Norway

61   Entries to penal institutions, by type of entry and type of sanction. 2005
Type of sanction Entries, total New imprisonment Reimprisonment after
Escape Default after provisional leave Intermission sentence Breach of discharge term Other
Total 12 341 11 914  139 86  202 - -
Prison-sentence 8 089 7 724  109 83  173 - -
Custody 2 985 2 985 - - - - -
Preventive detention/Security detention1 5 2 - 2 1 - -
Serving sentence for non-payment of a fine2 1 262 1 203 30 1 28 - -
1  The new special sanctions preventive detention, compulsory mental health care and compulsory care entered into force 1 January 2002 and was made retrospective so that security detention sentences can be reopened and reversed to one of the new special sanctions.
2  From October 2004 included, The Norwegian National Collection Agency (NCA) passed over unpaid fines to The Norwegian Correctional Services for calling up to subsidiary imprisonment after three year instead of the previous four years. With that the police districts in 2005 got passed over fine demands for two annuals (2001 and 2002) unlike other years with one annual.

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