This is probably not a hoax. Just a really bad idea. Croatia is hoping to strike it rich by luring in tourists curious to see what it would be like to spend a couple of days in a hard-labor camp. So they're considering reopening a communist-era prison on a barren island in the Adriatic Sea, and offering it as a tourist destination. They envision "tourists being issued convict uniforms, pounding large stones with a sledgehammer and hauling the pieces on their backs to quarries around the prison." Sounds like fun.
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I mean, most of us spend a lot of time and effort, and sometimes money, trying to stay OUT of prison.
And if you really think a stretch at hard labor would be a fun vacation, you can get it for free here in Texas-- just break any of our many laws. Even breaking a law isn't necessary if you're not a white, protestant, middle-class or upper-class American-- most juries would be happy to overlook your innocence and send you away anyhow.
Somebody who had a few minor indiscretions in his or her youth, or somebody who's such flaming wacko that he or she pays a lot of money to go to a prison camp and break rocks?
... On second thought, the latter person might be my boss's dream. The sort of person whose idea of fun is about the same as what my employer would like to provide. ...
real nice, we could take the whole family and have some fun!