This pictures is not from Bastøy.. they are all from a prison called Hof.

Hof is a working camp /prison for ppl with minor violations, for example DUI, minor drugs, speeding, fraud etc.

I know this because I’ve been locked up there for 21 days. (Speeding)


But it’s true what you write. Bastoy is a “green” prison with ppl doing more or less as they want to.
They just have to stay on that island.
In Norway we consider it as a punishment, just to lose your freedom for a period.
The inmates on this island is persons who has done mostly economy crime and /or ppl who has done longer time, and have less than a year left on their time.
The kinda need to adjust to a “normal” life before they are back in the public.

Errrrrrrrr... Really? If that would be a prison for people with grievous crime, thats not practical...

Yeah do the time

4down2,

Sorry, don’t understand you.. but both of those two prisons is for "customers" of small offences. Except as I said, the inmates who has served long time, and shown that they are ready to meet the world again. They usually get to stay 7-10 months before they get into the public.


And it’s only 70-80 km between those two prisons. But it's way harder to get into bastøy

@trazh ... thanks for the info. Good to know the real story out there and reason behind it.

Very interesting

This is absolutely crazy