The video discusses the 8 most luxurious prisons in the world. These prisons offer amenities and privileges that are not typically associated with incarceration. The prisons include:
1. Onomichi Prison in Japan, which has a special pavilion for elderly inmates with private rooms and personal guards.
2. Aranjuez Prison in Spain, which allows inmates to live with their families, including children, until the child is 3 years old.
3. Pondok Bambu Prison in Indonesia, which offers private cells with air conditioning, mini refrigerators, and karaoke machines for a fee.
4. Kin Chen Prison in China, which has cells that resemble executive apartments with good decoration, air conditioning, and cable television.
5. Loeven Justice Center in Austria, which is designed to be a non-traditional prison with minimal security and offers amenities such as a climbing wall, basketball court, and computer rooms.
6. Toroc Prison in Venezuela, which is managed by a pran (a high-ranking criminal) and offers a range of privileges, including a nightclub, pool, and bank.
7. Halden Prison in Norway, which has a fully equipped recording studio and offers music classes, as well as other activities such as carpentry and cooking.
8. Bastoy Prison in Norway, which is located on an island and offers individual cabins with private bathrooms and televisions, as well as activities such as tennis, swimming, and horseback riding.
These prisons focus on rehabilitation rather than punishment, and offer a range of privileges and amenities to help inmates reintegrate into society.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The Onomichi Prison in Japan has a pavilion dedicated to older people, providing them with personal attention, controlled diets and medications, and private rooms with TVs and bathrooms.
2. The Aranjuez Prison in Spain allows prisoners to live with their families, including children up to the age of 3.
3. The Pondok Bambu Prison in Indonesia offers luxurious cells with air conditioning, mini-refrigerators, and karaoke machines for a fee.
4. The Kin Chen Prison in China is a maximum-security prison that was remodeled in the 1990s to become a luxurious prison with spacious cells, air conditioning, and cable TV.
5. The Loeven Justice Center in Austria is a minimum-security prison that focuses on rehabilitation, offering prisoners personal cells, mini-refrigerators, and access to entertainment spaces.
6. The Toroc Prison in Venezuela is managed by a "pran" (a high-ranking criminal) and offers prisoners luxuries such as a nightclub, pool, and bank.
7. The Halden Prison in Norway has a fully equipped recording studio and offers prisoners music classes, carpentry, and cooking courses.
8. The Bastoy Prison in Norway is a minimum-security prison located on an island, where prisoners live in individual cabins and have access to activities such as tennis, fishing, and horseback riding.
9. The Bastoy Prison has no watchtowers, patrols, or walls, and prisoners are given a certain amount of responsibility and freedom.
10. The recidivism rate for prisoners who leave the Bastoy Prison is around 16%, compared to 50-60% in normal prisons.