Arne Nilsen is a psychotherapist in Norway. He spent time working at Bastøy Prison as a psychotherapist and as a governor. He also has experience of working as an international advisor to prison services in different countries. Today he speaks about his time working at Bastøy and about the importance of respect and responsibility for people in prison. He discusses the 12 step change wheel he has developed for how we can transform prisons from static security to dynamic places of change and growth to better aid rehabilitation.
Arne's chapter 'How to Transform a Static Security Prison into a Dynamic Organism for Change and Growth' can be found in 'The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy and Science of Punishment' from 2020. ISBN: 9780429507212
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