A Liberal Prison System – Bastoy Island, Olso, Norway
No walls, no barbed wire and no guards. The prison island of Bastoy in the fjord of Olso is more like a holiday camp than a prison.
“Only 10 percent of inmates reoffend.”
When the weather is nice the inmates go for a walk by the sea or swim in it. They live in the same building but each one of them can decorate his room as he wishes. The director places his emphasis on trust and humanity. The prisoners are required to take responsibility. Norwegians are proud of their liberal prison system. And the statistics seem to back up the approach. Only 10 percent of inmates go on to reoffend.
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I know that you can’t argue with the facts and figures which prove that this ”prison” is working. But it just doesn’t seem right that people who have committed serious crimes should have such an easy time of it. Shame that their victims (who are still alive) will still be mentally and maybe physically scarred by what they’re done……wonder if the authorities are trying to make their lives easier.
Spongerdudette
March 23rd