The prison on Bastoy Island, Norway is considered to be the most free prison in the world when prisoners can comfortably ride horses, play tennis .
The truth inside the world's most liberal prison
The prison on Bastoy Island is about 75 km from the coast of Norway.This is a place for detention of 115 inmates who commit murder, rape and drug trafficking.This place is considered the most free prison in the world.
When going to this prison, people will be surprised not to see the barbed wire or electrical goods surrounding them like other solid prisons.In addition, the prison on Bastoy Island has no armed armed security guards.Here, prisoners, guards and islanders live peacefully.
Prisoners and security guards at Bastoy Island work together as caring for cattle, cutting wood for winter, playing cards, skiing .
Prisoners living in red-painted apartments, guided by cultivation, animal husbandry and freedom of travel, many people do not realize that this is a prison in Norway.
According to some documents, 6% of prisoners who leave the prison on Bastoy Island relapse after two years of release.Meanwhile, the average number of prisons in Norway is 20% and in European countries is 70%.
Prisoners lie in the sun like taking a vacation and not in prison.
The basic principle in the Bastoy Island prison is that people respect and trust each other.The fact that prisoners work on a farm, raise livestock and wood processing in the hope of helping prisoners soon return to society and the likelihood of lower offenses.
Here, prisoners can freely swim at the private beach or exercise, exercise physically comfortably without being banned.
Prisoners use horse-drawn sleds to move instead of using biofuels to protect the ecological environment.Prisoners learn to love and protect animals when renovating at the prison on Bastoy Island.
The prison on Bastoy Island has almost no violence.Prisoners and prison security staff are comfortable meeting, talking and working together.
