> Bit of a dilemma for the criminal-apologists and prison reformers in the
> group... His conditions are "inhumane" yet he's a neo-Nazi mass murderer...

> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20270325

> The Norwegian convicted of the massacre of 77 people last year has said he
> is being held in "inhumane" conditions.

> Anders Behring Breivik complained in a letter to the prison service that his
> coffee is served cold, he does not have enough butter for his bread, and he
> is not allowed moisturiser.

> Breivik is serving a minimum 21-year sentence for the bombings and shootings
> in Oslo and Utoeya island last July.

> The Norwegian authorities have not commented on the letter.

> However his lawyer has confirmed that the details of the 27-page document
> leaked to Norway's VG newspaper are authentic.

> Breivik is being held in almost complete isolation - 23 hours a day, he
> says - at Ila prison outside Oslo.

> His cell includes three sections, one to sleep, one for study and a third
> for exercise - each measuring 8 sq m (86 sq ft).

> In the letter, he complains that the cell is poorly decorated and has no
> view.

> "I highly doubt that there are worse detention facilities in Norway," he
> writes.

> Among his other complaints are:

> the handcuffs he wears when being moved around the prison "are too sharp and
> "cut in his wrist"
> the cell is too cold, forcing him to wear three layers of clothes
> he has to rush his morning shave and brushing of teeth
> light and television switches are outside the cell, so he has to ask for
> help to change channel or sleep.
> Ila is an all-male institution which "houses some of the country's most
> dangerous men", its website says.

> However it differs markedly from other maximum security jails in western
> Europe. The staff is a half-and-half mix of men and women and none are
> armed.

> Breivik massacred 77 people, most of them teenagers at a youth camp run by
> Norway's governing Labour Party.

> His 21-year sentence can be indefinitely extended for as long as he is
> considered a danger to society.