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No that is a picture of him going into the courthouse in Reykjavík. But prison cells in Iceland are pretty nice though, here is an image of a cell in the new pr

No that is a picture of him going into the courthouse in Reykjavík. But prison cells in Iceland are pretty nice though, here is an image of a cell in the new prison Hólmsheiði: https://axis.is/wp-content/gallery/holmsheidi/IMG_1081.jpg https://axis.is/wp-content/gallery/holmsheidi/IMG_1081.jpg But Litla-Hraun is an older building so the cells are not as nice there.

chmod775 5y ago
That's... just a prison cell like you'd find in many places. Looking at that picture I'm unsure what makes it "nice" except for the fact that it looks somewhat freshly built. Cells are cells. What really differentiates prisons is everything around them and what amenities and workshops are offered.
- StanislavPetrov 5y ago
  Consider yourself very lucky you have never been to a prison (or jail) in New York. I assure you the cells look nothing like this.
  - gambiting 5y ago
    Well but that's like saying consider yourself lucky to not have been to a Russian or Nigerian jail. American prisons are famously bad and known for it worldwide. I'd compare this cell to a cell in a country that doesn't have a completely broken judicial system and then yeah, it's nothing that special. It's a cell, maybe the bed looks "nice" but at the end of the day it's a place of incarceration not a hotel.
- ric2b 5y ago
  It has a window, that already makes it better than a cheap hostel room I stayed at once. Go look at US prison cells, they're so much worse, there's often no separation between the toilet and the sleeping area.
- reillyse 5y ago
  There are definitely bad prison cells. Multiple beds per cell, overcrowded, old, cold, hot, no windows etc.
  - EugeneOZ 5y ago
    hole in the floor instead of a toilet, and that hole can not be closed, spreading incredibly awful smell 24 hours per day.
- YellowSuB 5y ago
  Well I meant in contrast to US prison cells, since I assumed most users here are from the US, maybe I'm wrong on that front.

chmod775 5y ago

That's... just a prison cell like you'd find in many places. Looking at that picture I'm unsure what makes it "nice" except for the fact that it looks somewhat freshly built. Cells are cells. What really differentiates prisons is everything around them and what amenities and workshops are offered.

StanislavPetrov 5y ago
Consider yourself very lucky you have never been to a prison (or jail) in New York. I assure you the cells look nothing like this.
- gambiting 5y ago
  Well but that's like saying consider yourself lucky to not have been to a Russian or Nigerian jail. American prisons are famously bad and known for it worldwide. I'd compare this cell to a cell in a country that doesn't have a completely broken judicial system and then yeah, it's nothing that special. It's a cell, maybe the bed looks "nice" but at the end of the day it's a place of incarceration not a hotel.
ric2b 5y ago
It has a window, that already makes it better than a cheap hostel room I stayed at once. Go look at US prison cells, they're so much worse, there's often no separation between the toilet and the sleeping area.
reillyse 5y ago
There are definitely bad prison cells. Multiple beds per cell, overcrowded, old, cold, hot, no windows etc.
- EugeneOZ 5y ago
  hole in the floor instead of a toilet, and that hole can not be closed, spreading incredibly awful smell 24 hours per day.
YellowSuB 5y ago
Well I meant in contrast to US prison cells, since I assumed most users here are from the US, maybe I'm wrong on that front.