Not prison, and the resort (7 photos) Bashny.Net

Prison Bastoy, if this place can be called a prison, located on the picturesque island, which can be reached by ferry. It is about an hour's drive from Oslo.Bastoy is simply heaven on earth for serious criminals who are obliged for some time to live in isolation from society.





In this prison, there are many beaches where prisoners sunbathe in the warm summer months, a number of excellent places for fishing, tennis courts and even a wonderful relaxing sauna.



Rather than wallow in tiny cells, about 115 prisoners on the island of Bastoy live in cozy wooden cottages, and come and go as they please. The only thing they have - it's armed guards and fences with barbed wire, despite the fact that the people staying here were convicted of serious crimes ranging from drug trafficking to rape and murder. However, they use are a way of life for which most people have to pay large sums of money during a two-week vacation.



In this prison, there are a few rules that all prisoners are forced to perform. They have to climb 8:30 am and work until 15:30, and can choose between horticulture, agriculture, care of horses, and lots of other activities. Their salary is $ 10 a day, which can be spent at a local store to buy food, because the prisoners can prepare their own breakfast and lunch. But for dinner prison cook offers them a varied menu ranging from salmon and chicken finishing "con carne". Moreover, prisoners should go to check several times a day, the guards made sure that they were still on the island.



It may seem that the prison should offend law-abiding Norwegian, but this is not happening. Says Prison Governor Arne Nielsen: "The meaning of our prison is not to punish, but to correct. In this sense, Bastoy extremely rezultativen. According to statistics, only 20% of prisoners in Norwegian prisons reoffend, while this percentage reaches Bastoy numbers 16. For comparison - in the United States 43% left on the criminals will go to relapse ».