The questions are piling up about the 17-year-old who was released earlier this week. How did the people who freed him find out where he was going? And when? How could that information be sent out? The 17-year-old boy who was sentenced to closed youth care for 2 years and 11 months for the murder of Fredrik Andersson was released this week in connection with a visit to the dentist in Södertälje. – The question is who knew the visit would take place, says Joacim Trybom, head of the national transport unit at the Correctional Service to SVT. He was a gang criminal and marked as a flight risk. Let the young people surf for a long time At first, eyes were turned towards the Probation Service, which transported the boy – but now former employees of the State Institutions Board (Sis) are raising the alarm that young people are often allowed to use Ipads or mobile phones for long periods of time, reports SVT Nyheter. There is scope in the law to limit the electronic communication of those in compulsory care, for two weeks at a time. You can also get the opportunity for supervised communication or free communication. Former employees at the Sis home Tysslinge where the 17-year-old was locked up, and with whom SVT has been in contact, say that they have often let the young people surf longer than the time specified “so they keep quiet”. If the convicted 17-year-old did not have a cell phone ban order, and also did not have his communications monitored, that may explain why he reached out with the information. However, it does not answer how the 17-year-old found out where he was going. “Not able to prevent” Petter Wåhlberg, section manager for strategic and operational security at Sis tells the newspaper Seko that communication is a fundamental right. – The problem for us is that the ability to communicate brings with it many things we are unable to prevent and control, such as ordering narcotics, threats and planning deviations, says Petter Wåhlberg.
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