{"id":11868,"date":"2024-05-20T12:12:14","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T10:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/?p=11868"},"modified":"2024-05-20T12:12:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T10:12:14","slug":"sleeping-in-prison-hotels-and-bunkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/sleeping-in-prison-hotels-and-bunkers\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleeping in Prison Hotels and Bunkers"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Several years ago I volunteered at an event and rather than put us up in a hostel or hotel they put us up in a bunker and the experience was good.\u00a0The advantage of a bunker is that it’s clean, and quite spacious, so you can choose which room to spend time in.<\/p>\n

The beds are minimal, and you sleep on a simple bunk bed with just a pad and your sleeping bag.\u00a0The showers are minimal too, just a cubicle like you would expect at a swimming pool, rather than with any privacy.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I noticed that some people are sleeping in prisons that have been converted into hotels. Although this may sound grim to some the rooms have been expanded. What would have been a cell for two or three people has now been optimised for two or three people, with the two adjoining cells being used to provide people with a private bathroom as well as more space. The result is a prison stay that is more enjoyable than if you were a prisoner.<\/p>\n

The windows are high up and small. You’re in a cell, like in a convent. You’re meant to reflect on what you did wrong and feel regret. In the case of the hotel it’s a good way of recycling an old building.<\/p>\n

What I don’t understand is why these have been transformed into luxury experiences, in\u00a0England, rather than cheap experiences such as hostels, refuges and more. If I was to stay in a prison cell hotel I would want it to be minimal and cheap, ideal for a hiking holiday for example.<\/p>\n

I saw Bodmin Jail and HMP Oxford, or Malmaison being mentioned. These are both “luxurious” rather than real prison experiences. It’s not that I want a prison cell with a simple mat and blanket but I’d like something more in keeping with the theme. A prison youth hostel would be ideal.<\/p>\n[Barbaras Lucern Hotel](https:\/\/en.barabas-luzern.ch\/zelle) is more fun. They even have a four bed cell and canyoning deal. This is what I would expect a former prison to be about. You find a group, you plan a Via ferrata or three, since the drive is more than two hours.\u00a0You spend the night in prison, go to climb, have a good time, and then sleep in prison before heading home. I find the idea amusing.<\/p>\n

## And Finally<\/p>\n

While writing this article I could find mention of just three or four prison hotels. Either prisons are still in use or they are demolished and replaced when they are retired. I think prison hostels could be interesting. The reason for which these prisons become luxury hotels may be due to cost of upkeep. Old structures require constant upkeep and maintenance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>Several years ago I volunteered at an event and rather than put us up in a hostel or hotel they put us up in a bunker and the experience was good.\u00a0The advantage of a bunker is that it’s clean, and quite spacious, so you can choose which room to spend time in. The beds are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[6476,6480,6478,6479,6477],"class_list":["post-11868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observation","tag-bunker","tag-different","tag-hotel","tag-original","tag-prison"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11869,"href":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11868\/revisions\/11869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}