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This is How Prison Cells Vary Between Countries...

Halden Prison, Halden, Norway Halden Prison is a maximum-security prison in Halden, Norway. It has three main units and receives prisoners from all over, but it has no conventional security devices.

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Hard to Believe This Used to Be a Soviet Prison!

Located in Estonia, Rummu Prison used to be one of the Soviet Union’s worst labor camps, used to punish dissidents and enemies of the state. Located in a quarry, the prisoners were used as cheap labor.

Joke: The English Prisoner

Joke: The Prisoner's Request joke An English prisoner of war was held by the Germans...

Joke: A Prisoner's Dilemma

As prisoners of war, the judge sentences each to 12 months of solitary confinement, but to show he is fair, he gives them each a year's supply of a luxury item of their choosing. He asks the Englishman what he wants. He says: 'I'll have some of the finest English Gin!'

Joke Today: The Prison Numbers

A man is sent to prison for the first time. The first night there, after the lights in the cell block are turned off, he immediately sees his cellmate going over to the bars and yelling, " twelve !" The whole cell block breaks out laughing.

Hilarious: 3 Russian Prisoners Confess Their Crimes...

Joke: 3 Russian Prisoners funny, joke, russia, baba recommends, prison, Russian This joke is about Russian prisoners in the age of the cold war.

Joke: The Prisoner Has Escaped...

Content Joke: The Prisoner Escape... joke A bride tells her husband, "Honey, you know I'm a virgin and I don't know anything about s*x. Can you explain it to me first?"

These Prisons Are the Worst the World Has to Offer...

While some countries, like Norway, are trying to humanize prisons , it is definitely not yet a worldwide standard. In fact, some prisons are so oppressive and violent they do the exact opposite of rehabilitating their prisoners.

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How a Prisoner Used Soup to Escape His Cell

Prisoner escapes are not a rare thing in prison history. Give people enough time to plan, and the most cunning may find ways to escape highly-secured prisons.

How a Humane Norwegian Prison Looks Like Inside and Out

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How Norway Re-invented Prisons to be More Humane

Halden Prison in Norway doesn’t look quite like what you would expect a prison to look like. It looks more like a dorm room facility. Norway’s humane approach to inmates is expressed through the way the prison itself is designed. You won’t see any barbed wire and long concrete hallways here.

Château d'If: One The Most Infamous Prisons In History

The fortress became a symbol of inescapable prisons, due to its isolated location and the treacherous currents that surround it, much like the Alcatraz prison of modern times.

Joke: 25 Years For Being Lazy

In a prison in China, prisoners are discussing who's in for what and for how long. "Hey, Zhang - what are you in for?" Zhang: "Strangled my wife's lover to death. Got 15 years. How about you, Wei?" Wei: "I got 10 years for robbery and stabbing. What about you, Wang?"

Have You Heard This Joke? A Hard Call!

The first prisoner chooses an endless supply of the finest wine. "Might as well pass the time drunk." He said. The second prisoner asked to be locked with his wife. "Might as well have her lovely company." said he, and the loving wife agreed.

What Happened to the Alcatraz Escapees? Find Out Here!

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Will the Alcatraz Mystery Ever Be Solved?

On June 11 th , 1962, Alcatraz prisoners Frank Morris, Clarence, and John Anglin launched a raincoat raft into the frigid waters of San Francisco Bay. The three men disappeared, leaving behind a cold case that has mystified law enforcement for more than five decades.

Being a Criminal Isn't That Bad in Norway...

The 'prison' has a cultural center with a recording studio, rooms for art, a library, a winter garden, a sports center with a large room for classes, separate houses for long visits with relatives; room for school and laboratory studies, medical center and manufacturing workshops.

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Nothing Will Stop These Babies from Escaping

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Just When You Think Your Babies Are Secure, They Escape!

A hilarious compilation of babies escaping whatever prison their parents tried to put them in. You may think your baby can't get out, but when given time, these babies can get out of anything...

How Monopoly Helped WWII Prisoners Escape...

Discover How This Board Game Saved Thousands During WWII

Throughout WWII, thousands of British prisoners were held captive in camps with practically no hope of escape. However, the British intelligence forces realized one day that they actually had a single huge advantage.

Classic Comedy: Another Hilarious Buster Keaton Adventure

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Comedy Gold: Do Not Mess With Buster Keaton!

Whether you’re the president or a hard-core prison inmate, you should never mess with Buster Keaton. Watch this classic sketch where the master of comedy causes pandemonium inside a prison.

Riddles & Quizzes

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Test Your Problem Solving Skills with This Baffling Riddle

An Animated Prisoners' Riddle video, mind, prisoner, riddles, logic, musicians, boxes, problem solving, TED-Ed This famous riddle will really test your problem solving skills.

Avoid Doing These 11 Things in Foreign Countries

These 11 Things Could Get You in a Lot of Trouble Abroad!

The 11 common things below may land you in prison in some countries. Check them out as some of these laws are really crazy. 1. Chewing Gum The streets of Singapore are extremely clean, and the number of laws concerning this point helps a lot.

6 Depression-Era Criminals You Wouldn't Want to Cross!

He also managed to escape from prison on multiple occasions. The first time was when he was serving a 30-year sentence for robbery – he used a smuggled gun to hold the prison guard hostage, before using ladders to scale the prison wall.

Science and Technology

7 Truly Provocative Psychological Experiments

The Stanford Prison Experiment Reknowned as one of the most unethical psychological experiments to date, the experiment studied the effects that a prison setting could have on individual's behavior.

The Tower of London: the Fortress That Still Inspires Both Awe and Fear

10 Intriguing and Creepy Facts About the Tower of London

The White Tower, the first part of the now huge fortress, was completed in 1078 and soon after, in 1100, the first prisoners started to be held in the castle. And although it wasn't its primary role throughout history, the fortress was used as a prison until 1952.