Is This the Luxury Prison the Norway Gunman Could Call Home?
- Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:02pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian man accused in the bombing and shooting spree in the Oslo area that killed 76 people last week, could go to Norway’s Halden Fengsel prison, which is home to some of the country’s most vile criminals.
What does this prison look like? The Telegraph paints a picture:
“The jail is spread over 75 acres of woodland just outside Oslo and facilities include a sound studio, jogging trails and a two-bedroom house separate from the main facility where convicts can stay with their families during overnight visits.
Guards move around the prison unarmed and often play sports or eat meals with the men they are tasked with watching.”
The article goes on to point out that in this same prison rapists and murderers can partake in “kitchen laboratory” cooking classes, and can also always lounge in their state of the art cells with designer-style furniture and flat screen TVs.
Before possibly heading off to Camp Fengsel, the mass murdering Breivik is being held for at least the next eight weeks in complete isolation, unable to receive letters or visitors except his lawyer for the first four. While the prison system in Norway may seem a little harsh, Breivik is lucky to only have to face the Norwegian maximum prison sentence of 21 years.
“Speaking at the opening of the jail last year, governor Are Hoidal said: ‘In the Norwegian prison system, there’s a focus on human rights and respect.
We want to build them up, give them confidence through education and work and have them leave as better people.’”
The prison was built at a cost of $252million over ten years and was opened in April 2010 to house 248 inmates.
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Comments (98)
Robert-CA
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:02pmUnbelievable , do they send them on a cruise to the Caribbeans too ?
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:10pmOnly if their Doctor certifies that the trip will help them deal with the stress they are under from being locked up at night.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 3:18pmInspiration for becoming a criminal in Norway!
Report Post »Looks better than living on unemployment in the US……………………………
Islesfordian
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 3:27pmHoly cr@p! That guy would have a nicer room than I have!
Report Post »chazman
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 6:33pm…yeah, CHET! And how much bigger is America than NORGE? How many millions more people do we have here, including illegal ALIENS, than Norge? Norway is nothing but a pack of Liberal Marxist’s! To hell with ‘em!
Report Post »sueacworth
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:01pmRemember people this is Norway the land of the liberals. Their right wind is I believe the Nationalist Socialist party.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:07pmGood job, listening to Glenn.
Report Post »old guy in SC
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:59pmYou of course mean 21 years for each killing don’t you? You can’t mean 21 years total; or can you?
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:04pmTotal
Report Post »Mhockey1505
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:09pmNope- 21 years max. I didn’t read the details, its probably 21 years each death, but served concurrently (sp?), not consecutively. They believe in humane rehabilitation there (that is something I read yesterday!).
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 3:00pm21 years total — PLUS five years more because this is such a heinous crime. yep this monster will be a free man in 2037.
Report Post »Attention2Detail
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:58pmWhat ever happened to the concept of punishment. There are many law abiding citizens who don’t live this well.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 4:03pmWhen I was in Bermuda in the mid-80′s, they had a prison there that they gave the inmates water and bread. If you wanted more, you had your family or friends bring it to you. They slept on very thin pallets laid on a stone slab. That’s more like a prison.
Report Post »Fear The Voices
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 9:59pmI’d bet if they actually treated criminals like such, they’d not have to waste so much money to house so few criminals.
Report Post »However, it’s great for the criminals; Club Med of the north! Perhaps we should be shipping some of our crooks over there too.
stillshocked
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:56pm“Focus on human rights and respect”???
Report Post »This man gave UP his rights when he killed those defenseless people! By the way, did no one in the vicinity of the shooting have a GUN?
Stoic one
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 3:01pmNo guns are illegal in Norway.
Report Post »Kirk the Conservative Jerk
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:54pmMurder the innocent, and win yourself an all inclusive trip to Club Med.
Report Post »BlazingPatriot
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:44pmOr, walk free like Casey did.
Report Post »DetritusScreener
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:50pmLooks like my room at the police academy. I wish we could post pictures so you could see what my concrete corner looked like while I was in the infantry in Afghanistan for over a year. Is this for real?
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:55pmHaven’t you heard? The welfare state rewards criminals because they are so misunderstood.
Report Post »Fear The Voices
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 10:00pmCoddling the criminals…. Isn’t that how we got started with so many criminals!
Report Post »nysparkie
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:49pmGuess if I want to hide or run away and have someone take care of me the rest of my days. I’ll just go to Norway, commit a crime and enjoy myself. HA!! Take that America. PUNISHMENT!
Report Post »georgeisn6
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:48pmSounds like a democrat weekend retreat.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:41pmThis is what LIBERAL justice looks like, I guess. How sad that the people he killed will not spring back up in 21 years.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:41pmCan I look at a menu?
Report Post »HellAndBack
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:38pmGuys, remember. The point is to seperate them from society… not their Humanity. I was in for 3 years in what is called a CAMP here in the U.S.A. Let me tell you, they didn’t beat us but the loss of freedom almost killed me. I would have perfered a public beating.
Report Post »Emrys
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 2:04pmHell, you didn’t murder over 90 people and blow up your government trying to take out its leader. I‘d say there’s a big difference in whatever you did to get three years in a camp here, and what this monster did in Norway. Just a thought.
Report Post »Slick Willie
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:37pm“Speaking at the opening of the jail last year, governor Are Hoidal said: ‘In the Norwegian prison system, there’s a focus on human rights and respect.
We want to build them up, give them confidence through education and work and have them leave as better people.’”
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WOW…21 years for murdering all those innocent people! UNFRICKINBELEAVABLE!! It is so hard
for me to understand this! I’m sure someone can explain this to me!!
I also read yesterday that the Norway Police are unarmed? They have to get permission from the
Report Post »Police Chief to get a firearm? WTF!!??
Parkeralan
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 3:15pmHey Slick,
Don’t let it bother you, it’s not your country. I never leave the country. I will not even travel to any state in the US that does not allow my conceal carry permit. I could not care less if Norway coddles their criminals or if China kills theirs. Just sayin’.
Cheers!
Report Post »Weiners Wiener
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:34pmDude, can you read? He’ll serve a maximum of 21 years. You didn‘t read it because you’re just trying to spam the board with your own crappy content.
Report Post »butterfly53
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:33pmGuards with no guns? I guess that’s why the casualties were so high. Nobody had a firearm on that island.
Report Post »jds7171
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:36pmI just found my backup retirement plan.
Report Post »Slick Willie
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:41pmLOL…was thinking the exact same thing!! Wonder if they have a family wing? Most Americans in a few
Report Post »months will beg to be locked up in Norway’s country club!!
Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:31pmSince Breivik likes guns maybe they’ll put in a shooting range for him. The Socialist State’s duty to the criminal never ends.
Report Post »Eddie
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:30pmOh my God! The inhumanity! Yes, as mentioned, definitely designed and operated by the ******* International group.
Report Post »harumph
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:29pmGosh. I sure hope he isn’t inconvenienced in any way during his stay.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:25pmGod!, Such inhumane punishment! And only 21 years? Man what a rough country those socialists are running. He‘s lucky the russians don’t have him.
Report Post »Gutterboy
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:21pmIf Norway has that much money to waste maybe the US could start borrowing some from them. Let everyone in on our action.
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:20pmthat looks like the hotel room I stayed in last time I was in Norway…..
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 4:06pmSo- uh- wxactly how long was your stay? Just askin’!
Report Post »amaboitna
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 8:33pmYep, now that you mention it I had a room that looked like that in Sweden.
Report Post »AlansTigg
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:18pm“there’s a focus on human rights and respect” which is undoubtedly highly deserved by murders and rapists, heck they’re the children for rights and respect
Report Post »AlansTigg
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:39pm*poster children for
Report Post »booger71
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:07pmWow, that’s a little more than 1 million per inmate, sweet. Good waste of money Norway.
Report Post »Amerigo Vespucci
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:07pmNice…That’s $1.016 million per prisoner…Hey Norway—>meet Greece. You will soon be in the same boat.
Report Post »concealled9mms
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:26pmYep and dumb azz obama will then send more of our tax dollars to bail em out
Report Post »The_Outlaw
Posted on July 26, 2011 at 1:05pmPrison?? Looks more like a nice motel room to me! Apparently the Lib-Tards are running the prison system over there!
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