The Prison and Probation Service's institution in Västervik will be expanded with up to 80 new places. The government has granted that the Prison and Probation Service enters into a rental agreement for a new residential pavilion on the institution's area.
The agreement includes 40 residential rooms, all of which have the possibility of double occupancy.
The Västervik institution, or Institution Västervik Norra as it is actually called, has today approximately 200 places and a detention department with 22 places. It is located in an old hospital, which in 2004-2005 was rebuilt into an institution and has security class 2 on a three-grade scale.
The new prison places will be able to be taken into use during next year.
