Ultra luxurious Norwegian prison equipped with flat-screen TV, fridge and shower in private room

To improve the daylighting, there are no iron gratings in the windows, each cell is also equipped with toilet / shower / flat-screen TV / mini fridge, etc. We also have amusement facilities such as library, music room, gymnasium with climbing wall etc A prison which is likely to lead a comfortable life to Norway was completed in Norway.

Although it is said that the thugs are accommodated in this facility accommodating 252 people, is it okay?

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Southern NorwayEstfol ProvinceHaldenLocated in Halden prison, it is completed after 10 years of construction and welcomed the first inmate last month. The capacity of 252 people, the site area is 75 acres (about 300 thousand square meters), the total construction cost is about 2,070 million yen.

Hans Henrik Hoilund, an architect who designed the Halden prison, said, "The greatest feature of this facility is that it resembles the outside world as much as possible because it creates an intimidating and obscure atmosphere In order to avoid it, we used brick, galvanized steel and larch wood to melt into the surrounding forest, not the concrete which is often used in prison for the exterior.Fence which is indispensable as detention facility is 6 meters in height Although the concrete wall surrounds the surroundings, the plantation has reduced the presence, and the upper part of the fence rounded the corners to relax the ruggedness. "

This is Halden prison. We are adopting a design that is not like a prison like a school or cultural facility, aware of the fact that it will lead to the prevention of repeat offenses after the origin of the inmate.


Corridor of the accommodation building where solitary cells line up. The door is not like a grill but a feeling like an apartment door, but the place where the robust lock that opens only from the outside is still a prison. Half of the guards are female, which is believed to reduce detainability of inmates.


And this is indoor cell. There is no iron grating in the window for daylighting. Wall-mounted flat screen TV seems to be able to see while sleeping in bed. It seems that it is not shown in this picture, but there is a mini refrigerator in the room. Is not it more comfortable than a poor student dormitory?


In addition to being equipped with a toilet and a shower in a private room, there is also a shared kitchen for 12 to 15 rooms and a lounge area with a sofa and coffee table. In addition, it seems that accommodation facilities where families who visited inmates can stay can be found in other buildings.


There are also gymnasiums with climbing walls and jogging courses to prevent inmate exercise shortage. Besides that, there are music rooms and libraries, so we can send a healthy and culturally prisoner life.


Mural paintings drawn on concrete walls are Norwegian famous artistsDolkWe asked for about 100 million yen. "PrisonerIt is a work called.


Halden prison opened officially last month and began accepting inmates. Are Hoidal According to the prison director, there is still no inmate who tried jailbreak.

"The Norwegian prison system places great importance on respecting human rights.We think that this is a matter of course, many of the inmates arrive in a bad state when they are imprisoned. I want to regain it, give confidence through education and work, I want you to be released as a better human being than when I came in, "Hoidal says.

By the way, in the UK, the recidivism rate after the sentenced inmates is between 50 and 60%, while in Norway it is 20%. Originally the Norway has a low crime rate itself, we aim to further lower the crime rate and recidivism rate by supporting rehabilitation and reintegration of inmates in modern and cultural prisons.