Statistics Norway

62   Departures from penal institutions, by type departure and type of sanction. 2005
Type of sanction Departures, total Discharges Escape Default after provisional leave Intermission sentence Other reasons
Definitive Conditional Pardon
Total 12 420 9 174 2 828 - 97 57  219 45
Prison-sentence 8 742 5 583 2 822 - 78 55  167 37
Custody 1 984 1 984 - - - - - -
Preventive detention/Security detention1 16 2 6 - - 2 - 6
Serving sentence for non-payment of a fine2 1 678 1 605 - - 19 - 52 2
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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