What image comes to your mind when you think of a prison cell? Thanks to movies, one imagines small, dark, and dingy rooms devoid of sunlight and basic amenities. And while that may be largely true, there are definitely few exceptions like this Chennai jail with a 4-star review from a ‘satisfied’ prisoner or Tihar jail inmates just roaming around, making tea, and having a gala time.
As per a report in The Indian Express, a Twitter user shared images of a high-security Nordic prison located in Sweden.
Nordic prison cells look like $3,000 apartments in San Francisco. pic.twitter.com/vULaJJuNfi
— Darrell ❄ Owens (@IDoTheThinking) December 12, 2020
If your goal is to rehabilitate people and steer them away from criminal lifestyles, curious which environment would foster a better outcome.
USA vs Sweden pic.twitter.com/T5Jy69E40u
— Darrell ❄ Owens (@IDoTheThinking) December 12, 2020
He shared pictures of the cell room as well as the common areas, comparing them to high-end apartments in San Francisco.
Twitter was bowled over by the new-style prisons:
As an adult I’ve lived in 5 different apartments. This is bigger and nicer than all of them. https://t.co/eCCrzS5clO
— A fellow sufferer🈚️ (@Abhavaananda) December 13, 2020
Sometimes when I'm tired of life i just think about comiting a crime and then going to vacation in Norwegian resort called prison https://t.co/6FWCWQa1ao
— Ozjasz🀄️🎴 (@Ozjasz10) December 13, 2020
I have paid for hotel room in Stockholm that are less confortable than that
— amou (@amou998) December 12, 2020
🤯🤯🤯 I legit opened this thinking somebody moved to a new apartment in bay area
— Prateek Bhatnagar (@_prateekbh) December 13, 2020
looking around at my $1600 room (not apartment, room) in Oakland pic.twitter.com/fZ6UvsnNd8
— Name 🦺 Nobody (@Name_Is_Nobody) December 13, 2020
This is nicer than my college dorm room.
— 🌈❄️FrozeBren☃️🌊ミ☆ #BLM (@RadBren13) December 13, 2020
Are you in awe just like I am?