Bastøy Detention Center

Aerial view of the island of Bastøy with the residential complex in the center

Tailoring of the former reformatory for boys around 1902

The Bastøy Prison ( Norwegian Bastøy landsfengsel ) is a Norwegian prison for custody of prisoners in the province Vestfold og Telemark . It is located on the island of Bastøy in the Oslofjord about 75 kilometers south of Oslo . The island is around 2.6 km². About 100 offenders are on the prison island, which is operated with a liberal concept.

Until 1970 there was a reformatory for boys on the island. This was established in accordance with Norwegian legislation from 1896 on “dealing with neglected children”. The 2010 film King of Devil's Island by Marius Holst addresses the inhumane conditions for the boys in the institution and is based on real events.

Web links

Bastøy Fengsel website (Norwegian)
Bastøy Landsfengsel near Statsbygg ( Memento from April 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Norwegian)

Individual evidence

^ Paul Henley: Crime and punishment, Norwegian style . BBC News. May 18, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
↑ Christine Meffert: Can punishment be so beautiful? . On March 19, 2009 on zeit.de (print edition: Die Zeit , No. 13, from March 19, 2009), accessed on January 11, 2018
↑ Vice staff: Inside Norway's progressive prison system , CNN . August 3, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
↑ James Kilner: In Norway, Break the Law and Live by a Beach , Reuters . March 23, 2006. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
↑ Michael O'Sullivan: Nordic gloom at boys' colony , Washington Post . December 16, 2011. Archived from the original on December 18, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2018.

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[1] Paul Henley: Crime and punishment, Norwegian style . BBC News. May 18, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2013.

[2] Christine Meffert: Can punishment be so beautiful? . On March 19, 2009 on zeit.de (print edition: Die Zeit , No. 13, from March 19, 2009), accessed on January 11, 2018

[3] Vice staff: Inside Norway's progressive prison system , CNN . August 3, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2011.

[Kilner-4] James Kilner: In Norway, Break the Law and Live by a Beach , Reuters . March 23, 2006. Retrieved March 12, 2013.

[O'Sullivan-5] Michael O'Sullivan: Nordic gloom at boys' colony , Washington Post . December 16, 2011. Archived from the original on December 18, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2018.