Tag: Correctional
Correctional officers smuggled messages from the prison toilet
In June 2022, an employee is arrested at the detention center in Borås, suspected of gross misconduct. She immediately admits that she has disseminated classified information on behalf of outsiders.…
The correctional service cannot meet the legal requirements for young people
Since January this year, the number of young people under the age of 18 in custody in the Stockholm region has tripled and is now at a record level. –…
Gunnar Strömmer on stricter penalties: Need to expand the correctional service
The tougher penalties are part of the government’s aim to shift the focus from the perpetrator to the victim’s opportunities for redress. But the changes could cause problems for the…
Many summer jobs in correctional services | SVT News
Almost 17,000 candidates applied for summer jobs at the Correctional Service this year. This is an increase of 2,440 applications compared to last year. The absolute largest occupational group of…
After the police crackdown in Sundsvall: They tried to bribe correctional officers in custody
It was in April this year that the man, who is in his 20s, is said to have played table tennis with a correctional officer and then to have asked…
The correctional service must increase security when transporting inmates
In February, an armed release of a correctional service client took place in connection with a hospital visit in Norrköping. In April, a Sis client who was transported by the…
Director General of the Correctional Service: The institutions are overcrowded
Sweden’s prisons are overcrowded.The lack of places is tough for both staff and inmates – and security is threatened.– We are seeing an increase in the number of security-related incidents,…
The Minister of Justice: Correctional care better than Sis homes for young criminals
According to Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer, there needs to be a redistribution of young criminals from the Sis homes to the Correctional Service. Security for personnel needs to be…
Latest news – Many employees want to leave the Correctional Service
Quick news from Aftonbladet Our reporting on three current topics right now: arrow The networks: Unique database on Stockholm’s gang criminals arrow The economic crisis arrow The war in Ukraine…
Correctional Service: “We are in an extremely serious situation”
In SVT’s review of correctional institutions, the employees raise the alarm about major shortcomings in the security of both themselves and the inmates. The concern is that it is only…