Spend 20 years in Norwegian prison or 2 years in Turkish prison?

In My Humble Opinion
1

You commit a crime and the judge gives you this choice.

In the Turkih prison the living conditions will be horrible, the food will be barely enough to keep you alive, guards and other inmates will beat you occasionally, but all this will be over after 2 years.

In the Norwegian prison you will have your own small but clean and nicely decorated cell, access to gym, computers and library and plenty of good quality food. Yet you ll have to spend 20 years there. If you are over a certain age that might be more than your remaining life expectancy.

Which of the two would you choose?

2

this was easy - except for not being able to bring my dogs the prison in Norway sounds better than where I am living now.

3

Hell, those Norwegian prisoners live better than I do, so I’d probably hang out there for at least a decade just for fun.

4

While reading up on Norwegian prisons when the crime was bigger news I noticed that it was a lot better than the living standards many people here have. Plus reliable health care? Jesus.

However in the Norwegian prison I wouldn’t have family near me. That would suck.

But if the counseling was good in the Norwegian prison, I’d pick the Norwegian one.

5

Two years of hot rough Turkish prison sex vs. 20 years of Norwegian folk music and poetry readings.

I’ll take the Turkish prison.

6

I picked the Turkish prison, and it was a no-brainer decision. Maybe its just me, but I think people are seriously underestimating how horrible it will be to be trapped in a prison for 20 years even if the floors are clean and the food edible. I would feel the same way about my own apartment, and I like my apartment! It is not just the cabin fever that would get me down, it is the opportunity cost. Career plans and satisfaction, jumping in the car and going for a hike, larger travel plans, all of it gone. I’m sure the Turkish prison would be awful, and I cannot imagine how horrible the first few weeks would be, but I think people are able to acclimatize to a new normal pretty easily. I suspect that will happen, and in 2 years I’d get my life back (well, the life of a convicted felon back, but I’ve chosen to disregard that part for this hypothetical).

7

Getting beaten, starved, and raped in a Turkish prison would probably lead to my committing suicide. So, I chose the Swedish prison.

8

I lived in a college dorm built from plans modified from a Swedish prison. I chose to take my chances in Turkey.

9

You’re in luck: confusing Sweden and Norway garners a mandatory 20-year sentence.

10

Very difficult choice. I’m a wuss about pain, and that would really suck. On the other hand, taking me away from my daughter as she grows up in nigh-unbearable. I initially chose the 20-year sentence, but now that I think about my daughter, I’d have to go with the 2-year one.

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To be served either in Denmark or in Finland, depending on where the crime is committed.

12

Rumack: What was it we had for dinner tonight?
Elaine Dickinson: Well, we had a choice of steak or fish.
Rumack: Yes, yes, I remember, I had lasagna.

13

In a thread like this, I suppose it is mandatory to ask: Do you like gladiator movies?

14

This would actually be the selling point for me, and trust me when I say I am not joking. 20 years where those people had no access to me? Sign me up.

15

I would rather lose 2 years of my life rather than 20. Being constrained irritates the P out of me so I chose the shorter time, no matter the conditions.

16

Well, after the Turkish prison, you’d be able to cross off that Grown Man thing.

17

I wouldn’t mind just living in a Norwegian prison. They are so nice.

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So, I wanted to research Norway before I chose. I found this article about a mass murder (perhaps that is what sparked the question at hand): http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-08-22/norway-killer-prison/57214936/1

Okay, this is my new retirement plan. I’ve been researching how to immigrate to a different country (harder than it sounds except for Russia). My new plan is to get a ticket to Norway and do the least offensive crime that I can find that will cause me to be imprisoned there.

So, where can I find out what the penalties are for various crimes in Norway? Do they have an extradition agreement with the US? (It would sure suck to end up a guest of Haliburton!)

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Dumb question,
But isn’t rape more part of American prison culture?

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I could stand to lose some weight, and who knows maybe the beatings will toughen me up, but I gotta ask one thing. Does anyone drop the soap in Turkish prisons, because to me rape really is a sticking point.