In different prisons of the reign of various orders.
Prison is not a nice place, if only we are not talking in prison in one of the Scandinavian countries, where cells are TVs, but inmates are allowed to leave the prison.
However, not all prisons are loyal to the laws. In our review of the most interesting prison facts from around the world.
1. The prison without restrictions
The most hardened criminals in Norway are transported to prison island, where they virtually do not restrict anything. According to international standards the prison is minimum security, but it also has one of the lowest recidivism in the world.
2. A claim for $ 5 million
In 1995, Robert Lee Brock sued himself, claiming that he got drunk and committed the burglary. Since he was put behind bars for 23 years and he has not had the opportunity to earn income, he expected the state must comply with the obligations of the claim for $ 5 million, His case was not even considered.
3. Hot shower
Alcatraz was one of the few American prisons, are equipped with a shower with hot water. The only reason for this was to prevent escapes of prisoners (it was assumed that prisoners after a hot shower is simply not getting in the cold water of the Bay).
4. My home is a prison
A prisoner in Baltimore jail has slept with four women guards, after which they became pregnant, and earned nearly $ 20 000 on the smuggling of goods.
5. Humanism in prison
In Japan sentenced to death notify of the impending death just a few hours before the execution. And notify their families after the fact of execution, after a while.
6. Glued to the screen
In some private prisons, the management believes that giving the inmates TV is much cheaper than hiring more guards.
7. Supervisors as children
In 2010, two inmates just released from prison in Wisconsin thanks to fake records on the release. They were caught a few days later.
8. The keys
In Nuuk, Greenland, some prisoners have keys to their own cells. They can also leave the prison to go to school and to work. Some of them even allow you to go on the hunt.
9. Proxy
The prison guards of the state of new Mexico exhibit recalcitrant prisoners in front of the others as informers. This is done in order to get their Asses kicked in the chambers.
10. 46 years awaiting execution
The maximum time on death row is held (in accordance with Guinness Book of records) Japanese boxer Iwao Hakamada. He spent 46 years on death row for killing four people, before he was released after DNA tests in 2014.
11. We’re only an hour flew
A crook named Ronald McIntosh escaped from prison in California, stole the helicopter then returned to pick up his girlfriend, who also remained in prison. Soon they caught.
12. Latest promotion
In Texas no longer offer a special last meal to prisoners, which soon will be executed. Instead, they get the same food as everyone else.
13. 10 years for talking
After spending 10 years in prison for his socialist speech, Eugene Debs ran for President in 1920 and received more than a million votes.
14. IQ 46 points
Joe Arridy was one of the happiest prisoners ever incarcerated on death row. An inmate whose IQ was 46 points, on the day of sentencing, played with a toy train, which brought him the warden. When he was brought to the gas chamber in 1939, he began to get nervous, but the warden reassured him. Joe was posthumously pardoned in 2011.
15. Hit other people, its simple
Thai prisoners may reduce the term of imprisonment, if they will take part in Boxing matches against foreigners.
