#2: Justizzentrum Prison (Austria). The Justizzentrum Leoben happens to be nothing less than a five star prison. It looks like a beautiful office building made of glass. This particular prison is located in Austria and the funny thing is that most of the inmates are in prison for burglary. For some reason, people in Austria are attracted to burglary. The rate of burglaries compared to the United States is around 40% higher. The interesting bit is that most people would actually commit low-rate crimes to just get into a prison; they are that awesome. http://www.blameitonthevoices.com/2008/05/justizzentrum-leoben-minimum-security.html
#3: Bastoey Island (Norway). It is the first prison of its kind; it’s ecological. This prison is situated in Norway. Ecological has nothing to do with the type of criminals in this place, it is still home to notorious criminals. The prison uses solar panels in order to produce energy and most of the food supplies are produced in the prison (or around it) as well. The solar panels cut the third-party electricity needs by 70% which I think is pretty good. The food is also good quality and the leftover food is sold to other prisons. So they are making quite a good amount of money and saving up too. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1384308/Norways-controversial-cushy-prison-experiment--catch-UK.html
#4. Aranjuez Prison (Spain). Interestingly, the Aranjuez Prison has cozy family cells for you to have some nice family time while you serve. It is located in Spain and it has nurseries, toddler playgrounds and Disney characters painted all over the walls. The idea behind it is for the kids to bond with their imprisoned parents and not give them the impression that their parent(s) are imprisoned. There are a total of 36 cells for families but not all of them are occupied. Most of them are taken by the Latin Americans. There are cells in the sector F-1 and they are known as the five-star cells. Clean! http://www.almightydad.com/parenting/aranjuez-prison-a-family-jail
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Here's a game for you. Try to guess which of these pictures is of a prison:
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Give up? They're ALL prisons!
#1: Palencia Prison (Spain). This has since been rehabilitated to become a cultural civic center. Its amazing what some paint, windows and skylights can do!
http://www.archdaily.com/223763/rehabilitation-of-former-prison-of-palencia-as-cultural-civic%E2%80%8B-center-exit-architects/
#2: Justizzentrum Prison (Austria). The Justizzentrum Leoben happens to be nothing less than a five star prison. It looks like a beautiful office building made of glass. This particular prison is located in Austria and the funny thing is that most of the inmates are in prison for burglary. For some reason, people in Austria are attracted to burglary. The rate of burglaries compared to the United States is around 40% higher. The interesting bit is that most people would actually commit low-rate crimes to just get into a prison; they are that awesome.
http://www.blameitonthevoices.com/2008/05/justizzentrum-leoben-minimum-security.html
#3: Bastoey Island (Norway). It is the first prison of its kind; it’s ecological. This prison is situated in Norway. Ecological has nothing to do with the type of criminals in this place, it is still home to notorious criminals. The prison uses solar panels in order to produce energy and most of the food supplies are produced in the prison (or around it) as well. The solar panels cut the third-party electricity needs by 70% which I think is pretty good. The food is also good quality and the leftover food is sold to other prisons. So they are making quite a good amount of money and saving up too.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1384308/Norways-controversial-cushy-prison-experiment--catch-UK.html
#4. Aranjuez Prison (Spain). Interestingly, the Aranjuez Prison has cozy family cells for you to have some nice family time while you serve. It is located in Spain and it has nurseries, toddler playgrounds and Disney characters painted all over the walls. The idea behind it is for the kids to bond with their imprisoned parents and not give them the impression that their parent(s) are imprisoned. There are a total of 36 cells for families but not all of them are occupied. Most of them are taken by the Latin Americans. There are cells in the sector F-1 and they are known as the five-star cells. Clean!
http://www.almightydad.com/parenting/aranjuez-prison-a-family-jail
#5 SkólavörðustÃgur (Iceland). Probably the most unusual prison on this list this facility was - gasp - actually used to imprison bankers whose actions helped bring about the financial crisis of 2008. Go Iceland!
http://wepartypatriots.com/wp/2012/06/25/iceland-is-jailing-bankers-why-cant-we/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-07/iceland-court-sentences-ex-byr-savings-executives-to-jail.html
Disclaimer. Much of the information on this list was obtained here:
http://www.smashinglists.com/most-unusual-prisons/
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