No kidding - this prison in Norway is much better than many hotels and apartments in this country (leave alone the motels):
"The cells rival well-appointed college dorm rooms, with their flat-screen TVs and minifridges. Designers chose long vertical windows for the rooms because they let in more sunlight. There are no bars. Every 10 to 12 cells share a living room and kitchen. With their stainless-steel countertops, wraparound sofas and birch-colored coffee tables, they resemble Ikea showrooms.”
Besides those sweet amenities, Halden also boasts jogging trails and cookingclasses. And if that’s not enough, the guards in the jail don’t carry guns and apparently strive to maintain friendly relations with the prisoners.
The country apparently spent 10 years and more than $250 million to build this jail. “It embodies the guiding principles of the country's penal system: that repressive prisons do not work and that treating prisoners humanely boosts their chances of reintegrating into society,” Time notes. I wish my landlord treated me that humanely."
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