2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Not so long ago on the site Culturology.ru we talked about the unique London hotel "Alcatraz", which looks more like a prison than a resting place. Here guests have a great opportunity to feel what it is like to be a prisoner! But in the present Norwegian prison Bastoy everything is exactly the opposite: here criminals feel at home … or, at worst, like in a luxury resort!
Norwegian prisons are not in vain considered the most humane in the world, they really look like a real paradise for prisoners! Bestoy is one of the brightest examples! This prison is located on a picturesque island an hour's drive from Oslo, which can be reached by ferry. Very comfortable living conditions have been created for criminals: there are several beaches on the island, wonderful fishing spots, as well as a tennis court and even a sauna where you can relax!
The island contains about 115 prisoners, many of whom have been convicted of serious crimes - drug trafficking, rape and even murder. Despite this, they do not live in cramped cells, but in cozy wooden cottages. Everyone has keys so that they can freely go and come "home". In Bestoy prison there are no guards armed to the teeth and tall fences, if you want to even swim to the mainland is not difficult. Of course, there is a reason why almost no one tries to escape from here. If the offender is captured after escaping, he is threatened with re-serving his sentence in a colony of the strictest regime.
In this prison, they try not to intimidate, but to re-educate the prisoners. The percentage of re-crimes committed by those who have freed themselves is low enough that this system can be said to work. Of course, the life of prisoners is not only about carefree lying on the beach. Every day from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm, they do compulsory work, choosing agricultural, horticulture or animal husbandry as they wish. Their salary is about $ 10, with this money they can buy food in a store located on the territory of the prison. However, there is no particular need for this - the food of the prisoners in Bestoy is quite tasty. The chef usually offers a varied menu that includes fish and meat.
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