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Source/Further reading:

General info on Bastoy Prison:
weforum.org/agenda/2017/06/this-norwegian-prison-is-the-nicest-in-the-world
http://www.bastoyfengsel.no/
architecturendesign.net/world-prison-cells-prisoners/amp
core.ac.uk/download/pdf/211310531.pdf
forbes.com/sites/davidnikel/2020/07/01/basty-norways-island-prison-where-inmates-work-ski-and-watch-tv/amp
zani.co.uk/zani-culture/item/681-the-intolerable-incarceration-of-prisoner-11810-bastoy-prison-norway

Architectural factors:
https://pure.tue.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/46989895/784029-1.pdf

What really matters to inmates: scribd.com/book/476991427

The Bastoy Home Uprisings:
variety.com/2011/film/reviews/king-of-devil-s-island-1117944559 https://scalar.usc.edu/works/reel-norden/the-king-of-devils-island----chronology--events
http://archive.is/20140812011356/www.norskfolkemuseum.no/en/exhibits/previous-exhibits/Bad-boy-Bastoy-juvenile-correction-facility/
translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://www.fvn.no/mening/i/7L2ro/Varsleren-fra-Bastoy

Norway’s prison system:
borgenproject.org/norways-prison-system
prisonstudies.org/country/norway
weforum.org/agenda/2019/03/incarceration-can-be-rehabilitative