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ARANJUEZ PRISON

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Interestingly, the Aranjuez Prison has cozy family cells for you to have some nice family

time while you serve. It is located in Spain and it has nurseries, toddler playgrounds and

Disney characters painted all over the walls. The idea behind it is for the kids to bond with

their imprisoned parents and not give them the impression that their parent(s) are

imprisoned. There are a total of 36 cells for families but not all of them are occupied. Most

of them are taken by the Latin Americans. There are cells in the sector F-1 and they are

known as the five-star cells.

ADX PRISON

The ADX is located in Colorado and is said to have the maximum security every possible. It

is the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility and is situated in

Florence. It opened up in the year 1994, and it is pure torture. The inmates are allowed out

of their cells for a period of only nine hours every week. They are not allowed to interact

much with each other (not a lot). ADX is a prison intended for the worst of criminals in the

country. This is a place you should really be afraid of. More details about this prison can

easily be found online.

SARK PRISON

This is the world’s smallest prison. It is located in Guernsey on the Island of Sark. The

prison was built in the year 1856. If you look at the picture, you can see how small the

prison really is. The prison can handle only two prisoners at one time and it is used for

overnight stays quite frequently. If you do not ‘correct’ yourself, you will be thrown in an

actual prison for an indefinite amount of time.

KRESTY PRISON

The Kresty Prison is famous for being the world’s most overcrowded prison. It is located in

Russia and the number of people it can hold is 3,000. Interestingly though, the prison is

always home to at least 10,000 inmates. Each prisoner is allowed to shower for fifteen

minutes every day and is given a space of 4 square meters. The prison will be relocated to

the outskirts of Saint Petersburg on order of Vladimir Putin, after which the current building

will be auctioned off. Some suppose that the current prison building will be converted into a

hotel or something like that.

JUSTIZZENTRUM LEOBEN

The Justizzentrum Leoben happens to be nothing less than a five star prison. It looks like a

beautiful office building made of glass. This particular prison is located in Austria and the

funny thing is that most of the inmates are in prison for burglary. For some reason, people in

Austria are attracted to burglary. The rate of burglaries compared to the United States is

around 40% higher. The interesting bit is that most people would actually commit low-rate

crimes to just get into a prison; they are that awesome.

CEBU PRISON

The people in the Cebu Prison are the world’s most famous dancing inmates. Talk about

entertainment and then expect them from murderers. You might be able to find videos of the

inmates dancing to different tracks inside the prison. The inmates can play basketball, lift

weights or even knife each other. The prison can handle at least 1,500 people performing at

the same time (it’s that huge). The prison hosts live shows and you can buy T-shirts as

souvenirs too. Life in this prison might not be that bad for few.

10 most unusual prisons in the world. June 21, 2012. Available at prafulla.net

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