From the curators: Halden Prison is located in Østfold, in southern Norway, and is, according to some, perhaps the world’s most humane prison. Completed in 2010, Halden is a high-security facility that houses 250 of Norway’s toughest criminals. It was designed by Erik Møller Architects and HLM Architects after an invited architectural competition initiated by the Norwegian Department of Justice and Statsbygg, the government agency responsible for real estate. A central tenet of the design brief