Tag: prisons
The acute crisis of the penitentiary service – prisons are overcrowded
In mid-October, the Director General of the Correctional Service, Martin Holmgren, decided that the number of places within the agency must be quickly increased. The short-term solutions now being implemented…
Children feel miserable in overcrowded prisons – “Breaking apart”
A record number of young people are in custody at the same time that the detention centers are overcrowded.Now alarms advokaten Nooshi Aknooni Ficks that the citation is urgent for…
GW on youth prisons: “Will not be a deterrent”
The government and the Sweden Democrats want to reintroduce youth prisons in Sweden for young criminals between the ages of 15 and 17 who have committed serious crimes. But Leif…
Currents about youth prisons: “Criminal care better equipped”
According to a new investigation, young people who commit serious crimes should be transferred from the State Board of Institutions to the Correctional Service. – The criminal justice system has…
Bris about youth prisons: Children are dehumanized
At the children’s rights organization Bris, they are very worried about the new proposal and believe that it testifies to a shift in the view of children. – That children…
Scandalous claim about prisons in North Korea! “Prisoners forced…”
According to the news of Daily NK, it is claimed that companies in North Korea make 100 percent profit in this way. 65 PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY’S TOTAL EXPORTS… Stating…
the number of inmates in prisons once again reaches an all-time high
Prison overcrowding has broken a new record since on July 1, 74,513 people were detained in French prisons. This is the sixth time since November 2022 that this sad record…
Visitor ban emergency solution to overcrowded prisons
full screen 85 percent of the country’s prisons have been overcrowded during the first half of 2023. Stock image. Photo: Per Danielsson/TT The situation with increasingly overcrowded detention centers around…
Visitor ban emergency solution to overcrowded prisons
In Växjö, for example, a decision was made to temporarily stop visits for relatives for three weeks in June, when the visiting rooms have been used as living rooms. —…
Increased violence in full women’s prisons
full screen Women’s institution in Hinseberg. Archive image. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT More and more incidents where threats and violence occur are reported in Swedish women’s prisons, statistics from the Correctional…