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These photos were taken by the German photographer Juergen Chill. They show the remarkable likenesses between a brothel and a prison cell. As much as they are alike I still think I would prefer the brothel.
Brothel
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Despite its economic adversity, there are such comfortable prisons in the Ukraine. This one is situated near the city of Kharkiv. It is called VIP ‘cause it resembles more a SPA than a prison. Even Ukrainian students don’t have such living conditions in dormitories.
Many prisoners after purging their sentence commit crimes again just to return to this place. Because even in their own home they don’t have such a level of comfort and cannot afford the food they have in this prison.
However, it is not like a 5 star Justizzentrum Leoben prison, Norwegian or some of German prisons, but I still think it is too good for prisoners…
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This prison looks horrifying. Arkhangelsk High Security Penal Colony in Russia has nothing in common with Halden Prison in Norway. If Halden looks like heaven, Arkhangelsk prison looks like hell. About 1500 prisoners have to work hard in this “prestigious” colony that consists of a correctional facility CF-28 and a prison-settlement correctional facility CF-23. Not much freedom. This is a real punishment for a committed crime.
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We had a photo collection of prison beauty pageants before. Inside this post you can find new photos taken at “Miss Beauty Captive” in Mexican Cereso prison. And the crown goes to… Cecilia Juarez who has been convicted for drug trafficking though she is just 22 years old.
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This is the Bastoey Prison which is situated on a deserted island in Norway. It’s actually a ‘green prison’!
The prison produces electricity with the help of a solar panel which was installed by the inmates. There is also a garden where the inmates grow vegetables and a farm where they are looking after domestic animals like cows, pigs, sheep and chickens. As they are on an island, they can go fishing for more food if needed.
This prison is not for dangerous criminals, as a matter of fact, there are no walls or wires that could prevent inmates from escaping…
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Let’s take a quick tour in a Russian state prison for juvenile males.
They may be young, but don’t be fooled, most of them are robbers, murderers… and there’re even rapists…
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This is the female penitentiary Santa Martha Acatitla in Mexico D.F.
About 50 children live together with their imprisoned mothers. Normally, the children are taken away when they turn 6. Sometimes the penitentiary reminds a school with children running around. But when children are not present, some serious clashes can appear between inmates.
From one hand, it is a good thing that children stay with their mothers, it helps them to get to know them but from the other hand, prison is not a place for a child and as for me, 6 years of life is too long for a baby.
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A very unusual hotel has opened its doors in the city of Kaiserslautern, Germany.
It is situated in the former building of the city jail.
Customers actually sleep in a cell where windows have also bars.
The toilet is located right in the room as in an ordinary prison cell.
The only difference with a real prison is that it’s a free entry and exit; it’s possible to use a phone whenever you want and you can have excellent food.
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County Jail is one of America's oldest prisons. It was built in 1837.
Now it is abandoned. I propose you to plunge into the atmosphere of this prison.. 
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I want to show you a little set of pictures made in different jails in Germany.
You will only see the shots taken in the jail cells of prisoners. Not bad, I’d say.
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It is situated in Tennessee and was completely abandoned in 1992.
The pictures are really great. You should absolutely see it.
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The press photographer Giuseppe Bizzarri made a set of pictures of uncomfortable conditions in Brazilian jails.
Yep, it’s really tough for prisoners in there.
