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Bastoy
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English
Bastøy Prison
Etymology
en no Bastøy.
Proper noun
en island mun/Horten c/Norway; the site of Bastoy prison.
en John D. Sutter Welcome to the world’s nicest prison w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/world/europe/norway-prison-bastoy-nicest/index.html 2012-05-24 The aim of Bastoy is not to punish or seek revenge, Nilsen said. https://web.archive.org/web/20260726080340/https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/world/europe/norway-prison-bastoy-nicest/index.html 26 July 2026