Oslo Detention Center

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Oslo prison with the old Botsfengslet seen from the Grønland-Park - Botspark path in winter . The current prison building can be seen in the background.
The main entrance of the old Botsfengslet is currently the entrance to the prison for staff and visitors.
Today's Egon Olsen allé . Egon Olsen from the Norwegian Olsen Gang often walked the way from the prison to the former main gate .

The detention center Oslo and the Oslo prison (Oslo Fengsel) is Norway's largest prison with 392 inmates and 367 employees. The prison is part of the prison system in Region East (Kriminalomsorgen Region Øst) and is located in the Grønland district of Oslo at Åkebergveien 11, 0134 Oslo, where there is also a police station in the immediate vicinity .

history

Around 1841 the Norwegian Parliament passed a resolution to build several new prisons and approved the appropriate funds, including the Botsfengselet in Christiania . This decision was based on a proposal by the Norwegian Criminal Law Commission in 1837. Work on this began in 1844 and the prison was opened in 1851. The detention center had a capacity of 240 prisoners when it opened. The prison was operated on the "Philadelphia System", which meant that those detained in solitary confinement were strictly isolated.

The first buildings of what was then the prison, the Botsfengselet, were built by the German-Norwegian architect Heinrich Ernst Schirmer . The Botsfengselet then consisted of a main building with three wings. In 1886 the complex was expanded to include a prison church with a separate wing, which was built by the Norwegian architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan . From 1935 the former brewery building of the Oslo Aktiebryggeriet (stock brewery) was added, and later additional areas were added. The former prison became part of the Oslo District Prison in 1975, after the completion of corresponding extensions at the Botsfengselet site and the completion of the renovation work, from which today's Oslo State Prison emerged. The historical prison building of the Botsfengselet has been a listed building since that time . Around the Botsfengselet is the Grønland Park or Bots Park (Grønlands park - Botsparken).

Sections

Section A, "Bots"

The department consists of the old Botsfengselet in the original spelling: Bodsfængslet, also popularly known as "Bodsen" or "Botsen", which was opened in 1851 and served as a prison until 1970. The "Bodsen" became part of the new Oslo district prison after the renovation and further extensions from 1975. The department consists of a large main building with fan-shaped wings as well as some smaller prison walls and dams, all of which are made of brickwork. The entrance building of the old Botsfengselet gained great fame in Norway through the Norwegian Olsen Gang films. The protagonist of these films, Egon Olsen (played by Arve Opsahl ), practically had his second residence here and marched through the main gate when he was released and was always greeted by his cronies Benny and Kjell in the avenue to the entrance. The avenue in front of the prison was in April 2017 after the main actor in the Olsen Gang officially ail Egon Olsen named.

The old Botsfengelet currently partially houses the entrance to the "Bayer" gate on Åkebergveien and is used as the main entrance. The direct entrance to Department A can only be used by prison staff and visitors. The lattice portal at the inner end of the passage at the former main entrance is a popular motif in literature, film and for photos.

To the side of the old main entrance there are two more houses: the former apartment of the prison doctor (left side) and the house of the prison director (right). At the back of this building is a long, low house that once served as a stable, among other things. Today there is the Benny Butikk shop, which sells the prisoners' products. On the left side is the company kindergarten "Egon Barnehave" for the employees in the prison and for the employees of the nearby police station, which is on the right side.

Section B, «Bayeren»

Entry to Oslo Prison, Section B / «Bayeren»

Section B was added to the existing prison in 1934. Previously, the premises were used as the “Christiania Aktien Ølbryggeri” brewery (Christiania-Aktien-Bierbrauerei). This existed there from 1872 to 1925. It was then continued as "Aktiebryggeriet" (share brewery) in Oslo from 1925 to 1931. At that time the beers Landsøl (Landbier) and Bayerøl (Bayerbier) were produced. Based on the beer type Bayerøl - a beer brewed according to the Bavarian or German brewing style - the vernacular formed the current term "Bayeren" for prison section B.

Section B has ten departments. Divisions from 1 to 10 have different detention conditions profiles, which are based on the criminal record and the characters of the inmates. Section B is divided into blocks A and D.

Section C, «Stifinner'n»

Section C is now located in the old rooms of the former prison hospital. From 1992 until now, inmates with drug problems and addictions have been accommodated in these rooms. In a drug-free environment and through targeted offers, the further development of the inmates and their solution from addiction should be achieved. The respective areas in the "Stifinner'n" are operated by the Oslo prison in cooperation with the Norwegian treatment and rehabilitation clinic Tyrilistiftelsen .

Awards

Oslo Prison received its first award for good prison conditions on February 3, 2005.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arstal, Aksel; Just, Carl, ed. (1938 and 1966) "Botsfengslet" (in Norwegian). Oslo byleksikon (2nd edition.), Oslo: Aschehoug
  2. ↑ Godal, Anne Marit, ed. "Botsfengselet" (in Norwegian) in the store Norske Leksikon , Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved April 18, 2012
  3. ↑ Nå er det bestemt: Her er Egon Olsens allé. In: nrk.no. NRK , April 28, 2017, accessed May 21, 2017 (Norwegian).
  4. ↑ Arstal, Aksel; Just, Carl, ed. (1938 and 1966) "Botsfengslet" (in Norwegian). Oslo byleksikon (2nd edition.), Oslo: Aschehoug
  5. ↑ Godal, Anne Marit, ed. "Botsfengselet" (in Norwegian) in the store Norske Leksikon , Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved April 18, 2012
  6. ↑ tyrili.no
  7. ↑ Kriminalomsorgen region øst: Oslo fengsel ( Memento from May 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 59 ° 54 ′ 34 ″  N , 10 ° 46 ′ 24 ″  E