Comment by kwhitefoot

Even in supposedly soft prison systems like Norway's prisoners are denied access to the Internet because it is believed that they would use it to further their criminal or terrorist activities.

"Bruk av internett i fengsel

Innsatte i fengsler med høyt og lavere sikkerhetsnivå har i utgangspunktet ikke tilgang til internett.

Unntaket er innsatte som tar utdanning under soning. De kan få begrenset og kontrollert tilgang til internett i undervisningsøyemed."

Translated by Google because I'm too lazy to type it all:

"Use of the Internet in Prison

Inmates in prisons with a high and lower security level do not initially have access to the internet.

The exception is inmates who take education during their sentence. They can have limited and controlled access to the internet for educational purposes."

Edit: forgot to add the URL

https://www.kriminalomsorgen.no/bruk-av-internett-og-sosiale...