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A look inside Norway's Bastoy prison, the world's most luxurious jail

New Delhi: The Bastoy prison in Norway is no less than a paradise. The prison was founded in 1982. Arne Kvernvik-Nilsen is the Governor of the Bastoy Prison Island, which is the world's first ‘human

India TV News Desk Updated on: October 18, 2013 13:09 IST




Wooden cottages for the inmates at the Bastoy island




The re-offending rate of Bastoy is 16% compared with 70% for prisons across rest of Europe and US.

It is a minimum security prison on Bastoy island 2.6 square km in size, situated at south of Oslo. It hosts 115 inmates.

 
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