Bastøy Prison

Bastøy Prison ( _no. Bastøy landsfengsel) is a minimum security prison located on Bastøy Island, Norway, about 75 kilometers (46 mi) south of Oslo. The facility is located on a 2.6 square kilometer (1 sq mi) island and hosts 115 inmates. Øyvind Alnæs, governor of the prison, leads a staff of 69 prison employees. Of this staff, only five employees remain on the island overnight.cite news | first=James | last=Kilner | title=Break the law and live by a beach | date=23 March 2006 | publisher=Reuters | url=http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2006/03/27/in_norway_break_the_law_and_live_by_a_beach/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+News ]

Once a prison colony for young boys,cite web | title =CNN Breaking News | work =Transcripts | publisher =CNN | date =July 13, 2006 – 09:30 ET | url = http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0607/13/bn.01.html | accessdate=2007-03-27 ] the facility now is trying to become "the first ecological prison in the world." Inmates are housed in wooden cottages and work the prison farm.Shishkin, Philip. [http://calbears.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20030608/ai_n12502559 "Norway's convicts take a number, line up for prison"] , "Chicago Sun-Times", June 8, 2003.] During their free time, inmates have access to horseback riding, fishing, tennis, and cross-country skiing.Hundley, Tom. "Norwegian Jails Break Concept Of Hard Time", Chicago Tribune, October 19, 2003.]

The prison colony was featured in the DVD extras for Michael Moore's documentary "Sicko".

References

External links

* Bastoy Prison website http://www.statsbygg.no/prosjekter/prosjektkatalog/585_bastoy/html/foto/f_01.html
* Bastoy Prison Photos http://www.jus.uio.no/ikrs/ekskursjon/fengslet/talking_about_pictures.html