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Bastøy prisonAn arena for the development of

responsibility

On our way to becomea human-ecological prison

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Bastøy prison

● 2,6 km2 of protected landscape

● Listed buildings

● 115 inmates og 69 employees

● Various kinds of prison sentences

● The average inmate :

36 years of age

5 year and 5 months sentence

18 months at Bastøy

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The Philosophy of Bastøy Prison

Bastøy Prison will focus on values and attitudes tied to ecology and humanity. The prison will actively work to further responsibility training for inmates through clearly defined plans wich tie in with our basic values and such will contribute to help inmates become law-abiding citizens. Our job is to create the best opportunities for each individual and therefore give each individual a better basis for a possible change in lifestyle.

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Basic Values and Ideology

• EcologyMankind does not own the Earth : The Earth owns mankind. Everything ties together, just as blood ties families together. Mankind is just a thread in the weave. Everything we do in opposition to the weave will turn back on us.(Indian Chief Seattle from his speech ”we are all a part of the Earth”)

• Humanity ” I dont know the person, his background, tribe or name. Such knowledge is not important. What is important is that he is a human being” (Quotation from Bear Heart ” A medicine man’s rules for living”)

• Development of ResponsibilityResponsibility is a practical skill, and as such needs to be taught and practiced. The training must have an element of trust, and must be meaningful.

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Development of Responsibility

• Living conditions• Place of work as an arena for training• Planning the future

• Focus on crime

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Agricultural Department

• The agricultural department is the largest arena for work training at Bastøy. The department employs 45 inmates and use animals and production of livestock for training responsibility and empathy among the inmates

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The Stables

• The horses and the people who work at the stables are an important part of the infrastructure on the island. They carry out transportation of both people and goods. Most of the work in the woods are carried out by the inmates with the horses.

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The Prison school at Bastøy

• Many inmates have completed various courses with good final results at the educational departement at Bastøy. The school also offers education closely connected to the workshops sutch as agriculture, forresting, masonry, carpentry and restoration of old buildings.

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Programmes

• Group for inmates sentenced for violence

• Group for inmates sentenced for drugs

• RiF (Drugs in Prison) programme

• Other programs:- AA

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.CONCLUSION

All people can be ”ordenary citizens” if they are treated in a positive way, and they can live in a developing environment where the individual is respected and is given responsibility for his own development and behaviour. The environment must be influenced by ”good” role models, challenges, demands and meaningfull activity

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What characterizes a good teaching environment ?

• Mutual respect

• Care

• Enthusiasm

• Challenges and demands

• Concrete feedback

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Communication between specially trained prison officers and

inmates

• Guidance• Motivation• Procedures• Sense of responsibility • Planning during the prison sentence

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Teambuilding as a culture

• Minimize the feeling of hostile “cultures” between inmates and employees

• Trust and suspicion• Predictability• Meaning of equality in companionship• “Memorable days”- activities together• Dialouge conferences