How? Well, of course, use a wooden butter knife! Apparently the mortar between the bricks on the outside wall of Hedmark prison, built in 1863 is so fragile you can easily scrape it out, and since the inside consists of plaster board and insulation material it didn't take much for an Albanian, charged with drugs offenses, to work it out! In addition, the break out was caught on the prison's CCTV cameras, but no-one was watching at the time (well it was early in the morning!). It was only discovered that he had escaped over an hour afterwards. The police and prison staff are suitably embarrassed!
Of course, being Albanian, he probably has no idea of just how good and supportive Norwegian prisons are - he probably should have stayed inside. The following link from an article in The Guardian from February seems to confirm this!
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/feb/25/norwegian-prison-inmates-treated-like-people
Interesting reading.
A blog about daily life in Bergen, Norway. We moved here in 2010 due to work commitments (my husband's). Now having survived the first winter I feel able to write about the place without too much negativity! it is amazing how a lack of light, freezing temperatures and general horrid weather drain creativity!! I've learnt Norwegian, and work part time - so this really is living in Bergen!
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