Most bizarre prison in the world

The idea of "prison" makes us think to a well guarded place with bars and numerous restrictions. There is however places where prisoners build their own cell from which not even want to go. Here are the strangest prisons in the world.

1. San Pedro prison in the city of La Paz, Bolivia

San Pedro prison has 1,500 inmates. Only once you pass the gates, nothing looks like an ordinary prison. There are children playing, markets, restaurants, barber shops, even a hotel. San Pedro looks more like a slum from the streets of Bolivia. There are no guards, no uniforms and no metal grills. This relative freedom comes with a price. Inmates must work and pay for their cells. "If you have money, you can live like a king," said one prisoner. He told that, in exchange for $ 1.000-1.500, a prisoner may stand in a special cell, with private bathroom, kitchen and cable TV, pool table and the opportunity to buy fresh fruits and juice.

2. Cebu Prison in the Philippines

Cebu Prison is famous for his very good prisoner dancers. 1,500 prisoners taken daily dance lessons and came to be so valued that they are often invited to cultural events and even paid for it. They even shot some videos and posted on the Internet.

Also, Cebu prison organizes live shows, after which the audience can buy shirts like those of prisoners or other souvenirs.

3. Justizzentrum Leoben prison in Styria, Austria

It is a prison of five stars that look rather like a luxury hotel or an office building. A grand building of glass and steel, with interesting parks and modern apartments "Accommodation", everything for prisoners to have a easy life inside.

4. St. Kresty Prison, Petersburg, Rusia

Russian prisons have a reputation that would be the busiest in the world, especially in St. Kresty Prison. Normally, it should be 3000 individuals closed in Kresty Prison, but always the figure rise to 10,000. Each prisoner has available approximately four feet square and 15 minutes a week to shower. In 2006, Vladimir Putin said the prison will move elsewhere and the old building will be transform in a hotel.

5. Sark prison

Sark prison is the smallest prison in the world. The prison was built in the Isle of Sark Sark from Guernsey in 1856. The prison can "accommodate" only two prisoners, but is also used today.