We are currently witnessing the potential emergence of a new type of transnational prisoner. This involves deals signed between national governments that allow those convicted in one country to serve their sentence in another. Such a deal already exists between the Netherlands and Belgium. At present, finishing touches are applied to a similar agreement between the Netherlands and Norway. This article examines recent penal policy in Norway and the Netherlands to consider the circumstances that led to this deal. Finally, it will consider some of the deeper implications of this possibly nascent process of transnationalization of prisoner populations.