Can We ever imagine a prison becoming a treat for the prisoners.Although in our widest dreams our general perception about prisons for criminals are the regular lashes from the police,Stale food,Humiliating animal like treatments to inmates,tortures meted out by some prisoners on other inmates who boss around and throw authority .These are all the things we have seen and read about prisons and prison life.But adding some sanity to our thoughts is Norway's Bastoy Prison which has an uncanny different style to handle the deadliest criminals with heinous track records of rape and murder.And yes hold on your breath the prison has all the luxuries a commoner would always yearn for starting from a cable T.V ,cinema room,sunbed and sauna all this on an area spread over 1 square mile.Here the convict is given the freedom to work and mix with non criminals.Alongside the prisoners are trained to pursue bi cycle repairing,being ferry worker etc so that the offenders come out as better individuals when they finish serving their sentence.
A totally psychological concept bearing a positive outlook unlike what happens in other conventional prisons.Here the prisoners enjoy complete freedom with responsibility.Here you are given a job and asked to deal with all the challenges that entails along with it. It is an arena in which the mind can heal, allowing prisoners to gain self-confidence, establish respect for themselves and in so doing respect for others too. The prison located at Oslo Fiord Norway is a true example of an on going experiment whose ideologies should rather spread and benefit not only Norway and parts of Europe but also the entire world. Bastoy prison was recognised on June 23,2012.
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