Liberals want everyone with a contact ban fitted with ankle shackles

Since the law was expanded in July last year, the number of contact bans issued has increased sharply, including bans issued in cases not connected to a criminal investigation. But too few, just a few percent, receive ankle shackles when a contact ban is imposed, according to the Liberals. Now the party is proposing that ankle shackles should be the default when a contact ban is imposed.

"It is not women's lives that should be limited when men threaten, control and persecute," says Minister for Equality Nina Larsson (L) in a comment.

At the same time, electronic surveillance must be followed up more consistently, according to the party.

"Anyone who violates a contact ban should face tangible consequences," says Martin Melin, legal policy spokesperson for the Liberals.