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Gepubliceerd op 18/02/12 om 01:55:34 GMT door Redaksjonen
There are approximately 1,200 inmates with a mother tongue other than Norwegian in Norwegian prisons. For many of these, there are no books in a language they can read. This is a general problem in Norwegian prisons.
Annie Michaelsen from the Parliament's Justice Committee believes that the right to have access to books in their mother language is not a human rights issue.
Several of the prison libraries in Norway are struggling to obtain reading material to the approximately 1,200 inmates with a mother tongue other than Norwegian.
- Having reading material in your mother language is not a human rights issue, Michaelsen says to NRK.
The fact that foreign prisoners do not get books in their native language is an aspect that they should have thought of before they committed the crime in Norway, says the Progress Party's parliamentary politician Annie Michaelsen to NRK.
- The prisons in Norway are for Norwegian prisoners. They are something else entirely for foreign criminals who come here. They cannot expect to get the same opportunity as the Norwegian prisoners, said Michaelsen.
Per Olav Sanner, Deputy chief of the Norwegian Library Union disagrees.
- I would say that access to information is a human right, says Sanner, who also believes Michaelsen's view is contrary to the library law in Norway.
Prison libraries operated by public libraries. According to the library law of public libraries all books and other material must be made available free of charge to all people who live in the country. The services must also include library services for people who have special difficulty using the conventional library.
- In my view, one cannot say that the library law should cease to have effect at the prison walls, said Sanner told NRK.
He also points out the library's importance to the foreign prisoners and said the lack of other offers will contribute to that many inmates may discover the joy of reading books.
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