About an hour’s commute by water from Oslo, Norway is Bastoy Island, a minimum security prison 46 miles off the nation’s coast. The 2.6 square kilometer (1 square mile) island is home to 115 prisoners ...

When Arne Kvernvik Nilsen was a little boy he had an idea that one day he might grow up to be an entertainer. Instead he became the governor of Bastoy prison island, the first "human ecological prison ...

Jan Petter Vala, who is serving a prison sentence for murder, has hands the size of dinner plates and shoulders like those of an ox. In an alcoholic rage, he used his brutish strength to strangle his ...

Bastoy island is seen from the ferry that travels from the mainland to Bastoy prison in Bastoy Island, Horten, Norway. Bastoy Prison is a minimum security prison located on Bastoy Island, Norway, ...

Bastoy island is seen from the ferry that travels from the mainland to Bastoy prison in Bastoy Island, Horten, Norway Getty Bastoy Island shimmers above a deep blue sea, a smattering of low-level ...

THIS spectacular isolated island has a dark past but now something rather incredible is happening here and not everyone’s happy. Bastoy Island was originally used by the Norwegian government as a home ...

On Bastoy Island, deep in the Oslo fjord, you can go fishing, ride a horse, pick berries or spend peaceful hours in quiet contemplation. The only hitch is the fairly long waiting list to get a bunk in ...

New Delhi: The Bastoy prison in Norway is no less than a paradise. The prison was founded in 1982. Arne Kvernvik-Nilsen is the Governor of the Bastoy Prison Island, which is the world's first ‘human ...

SLEEPERS. The Boys of St Vincent. Films where young boys - whether delinquents or not - are systematically abused within the confines of an institution where they should feel safe. Now, we can add ...

Jan Petter Vala, who is serving a prison sentence for murder, has hands the size of dinner plates and shoulders like those of an ox. In an alcoholic rage, he used his brutish strength to strangle his ...

Bastoy Island was originally used by the Norwegian government as a home for boys that were victims of parental neglect, abuse and poverty. The boys home was opened by the government in 1900 as a way ...