From flat-screen TVs to jogging trails, here's where Norway's mass murderer could end up.

Foreign Policy ^ | July 26 11 | Foreign Policy

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Norway's unrepentant mass killer, Anders Behring Breivik, is now under arrest. And he should count himself lucky for -- if entirely undeserving of -- a penal system in that country that is among the cushiest in the world. There's no capital punishment, and the longest jail term allowed is 21 years (a caveat: if a prisoner is deemed to still be a threat, his sentence can be extended in five-year blocks indefinitely, though it's highly unlikely, according to Norwegian officials).

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[ansel12]

Aren’t all TVs flat screen, today?

[nuconvert]

looks nicer than a youth hostel

[GSP.FAN]

In your prison cell?

[Allegra]

Aren’t all TVs flat screen, today?

Not all of 'em. ;-)

[goodwithagun]

So he gets to go to Ikea for 21 years?

[ansel12]

When was the last time they sold non flat screen TVs in Norway, or at that prison?

[GSP.FAN]

Nice huh, probably allowed girlfriend or wife visits.

[TaxPayer2000]

It is:

Prisoners spend a lot of time out of their cells; exercise is encouraged. And in Halden, not only is there clean air but personal trainers. Here, a comely woman coach jogs alongside an inmate in the prison yard. According to Time magazine, the prison is spread over 75 acres "of gently sloping forest.… To avoid an institutional feel, exteriors are not concrete but made of bricks, galvanized steel and larch; the buildings seem to have grown organically from the woodlands."

[GSP.FAN]

Sorry i not know the answer to your question,i have issues with prisoners even having TV’s.

[rawhide]

Some other images of Norway's prisons:

[bigbob]

Note to USA: Next time Europeans get themselves in a jam, let them bail themselves out.

[Cementjungle]

I wonder if there’s a waiting list to get into there.

[rawhide]

Interesting prison. Almost makes me want to go live there. http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4125865,00.html

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[rawhide]

Longer article on the island prison in Norway. Very nice: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1384308/Norways-controversial-cushy-prison-experiment—catch-UK.html

[triumphant values]

The irony of this, is its Norway’s very small and homogeneous population that allows them the luxury of a penal system like that.

[GSP.FAN]

Not anymore they have been taking in immigrants for awhile now to meet EEC standards.

[Bullish]

Yeah, well I’m pretty sure he’ll be out of his funk in 21 years. So he’ll be just fine.

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[dog breath]

I wonder what they would do with our violent American and Mexican prisoners? Even most juvenile facilities are worse then that in the United States. I have a friend growing up who was in a juvenile facility for “troubled” youths, and they knives from all the metal trims. Nothing that could be broken and made into weapons was allowed and there was a single television set up high for all the kids to watch under supervision as a privilege. I hear rumors about country club minimum security places in this country but that is ridiculous, certainly they must have real criminals in Norway. This is really destroying my image of Norwegians as tough, even our kids are meaner.