Prison bosses are about to open the world's most luxurious jail with flatscreen TVs, its own recording studio - and even Banksy style murals.

The £160 million prison, near Oslo, Norway, gives 252 inmates a single en suite cell with its own bathroom and windows without bars.

Inside the maximum security prison, authorities have lavished more than £1 million on modern art, and even provided prisoners with a climbing wall.

Governor Arne Hoidal - who opens the jail next month - said: "We are very proud of what we have achieved.

"None of the windows have bars and they are made of unbreakable security glass so that people do not feel too claustrophobic." -- Courtesy of Ananova.com

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Amazing
written by jailover , March 04, 2010

With prison like this, who would want to escape?

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written by seira , March 05, 2010

True, with this kind of jail, most of the prisoners will not want to escape. Most people can't resist that kind of temptation. But I wonder if this is a good idea after all.

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jail for tax evaders
written by crazy , March 05, 2010

This obviously is the jail for the rich and famous. Not for murdering but for commiting fraud/tax evation etc. I bet Madoff already got a place reserved.

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