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Police and Prison Uniforms Illegally Sold on Sellpy, Investigation Reveals

Work clothes from the police and the Prison and Probation Service have been sold on the second-hand site Sellpy, reports SVT. The sale may be illegal since the clothes still belong to the authorities.

Police and Prison Uniforms Illegally Sold on Sellpy, Investigation Reveals

Complaints to the Parliamentary Ombudsman increase – "there are risks"

The complaints to the Parliamentary Ombudsman (JO) increased significantly last year. The largest increase is in the criminal justice and migration areas.

Complaints to the Parliamentary Ombudsman increase – "there are risks"

The Prison and Probation Service Requests New Billions to Expand

The Prison and Probation Service is to grow strongly and the authority is requesting increased allocations of 800 million kronor for next year, to a total of 23. 7 billion kronor.

The Prison and Probation Service Requests New Billions to Expand

Escaped from detention center with stolen vehicle

Two men have escaped from the Migration Agency's detention center in Åstorp during the night. A stolen work vehicle has been driven into the building and smashed a window.

Escaped from detention center with stolen vehicle

Staffing reduced as more are to be imprisoned

A tripling of places in remand prisons and institutions awaits the Prison and Probation Service over the next ten years. To manage the enormous expansion, the authority is forced to reduce staffing density by 30 percent, according to a new report.

Staffing reduced as more are to be imprisoned

At Least 20 Murdered Women Last Year – Meeting About Violence

Violence against women continues in Sweden – and in 2024, at least 20 women were murdered. On Monday, a number of authority heads met to discuss how preventive work can be strengthened.

At Least 20 Murdered Women Last Year – Meeting About Violence

Prison staff forgot to lock up over 100 times

Doors, gates, and cabinets were left unlocked 116 times at Ersbodaanstalten in Umeå last year, reports P4 Västerbotten. .

Prison staff forgot to lock up over 100 times

Sweden's New Strategy to Help Youth Exit Crime Networks

It is still few children and young people who get support to leave the criminal life, simply because the authorities do not find them. Now, the police have developed a new internal support material to make it easier for them to be identified.

Sweden's New Strategy to Help Youth Exit Crime Networks

Swedish prisons: Two Inmates on Six Square Meters

The smallest cells in Swedish prisons are now approved for double occupancy. Two inmates can thus be forced to share a floor area of six square meters.

Swedish prisons: Two Inmates on Six Square Meters

Want to be able to lock up the Ghost Man for an indeterminate period

Both "The Ghost Man" and "The Nytorget Man" were suspected of new sexual offenses shortly after being conditionally released. Legal expert Sven-Erik Alhem now hopes that the law will be changed.

Want to be able to lock up the Ghost Man for an indeterminate period

More Violence and Threats in Prisons

Violence and threats between inmates at prisons continued to increase last year. The violence has also become more severe, warns the Prison and Probation Service.

More Violence and Threats in Prisons

Prisoner injured during urine test – prison criticized

The Ombudsman of Justice (JO) criticizes the prison in Mariefred for allowing a prisoner to be persuaded to insert a catheter into themselves to provide a urine sample. The prisoner was injured during the incident.

Prisoner injured during urine test – prison criticized

Man found dead in prison

A detainee has been found dead in the remand prison in Sollentuna north of Stockholm. According to the Prison and Probation Service, the man, who was in his 70s, was found lifeless on Saturday morning, writes [Aftonbladet](https://www.

Man found dead in prison

JO: Risk of Insecurity in Shared Cells

Sharing a cell within the Prison and Probation Service, so-called double occupancy, can harm the inmate both physically and mentally, notes the Parliamentary Ombudsman. .

JO: Risk of Insecurity in Shared Cells

The Prison and Probation Service war-places staff

The Prison and Probation Service has decided to put on high alert more than half of the approximately 20,000 employees. But more can expect the same measure ahead.

The Prison and Probation Service war-places staff

Man arrested for double murder in Piteå

A man in his 30s has been arrested for the double murder in Piteå, reports [SVT Norrbotten](https://www. svt.

Man arrested for double murder in Piteå

Fear for children in prison: "Will become guinea pigs"

The Prison and Probation Service is preparing to receive young people who have murdered or committed other serious crimes and hold them in custody – without violating their rights as children. According to the UN agency Unicef, the task assigned to the Prison and Probation Service by the government is very difficult.

Fear for children in prison: "Will become guinea pigs"

New Routine for Remand Prison Control after Lawyer Protest

The Prison and Probation Service is introducing new routines for security checks at remand prisons and correctional facilities. The announcement comes after lawyers protested against increasingly strict entrance controls, where several have been forced to undress to their underwear in order to gain entry.

New Routine for Remand Prison Control after Lawyer Protest

The Trade Union on Rental Prisons: A Bad Proposal

The Trade Union Seko is critical of the idea of renting prison spaces abroad. What you're doing is basically outsourcing the correctional care abroad and that's not reasonable, says union chairperson Gabriella Lavecchia.

The Trade Union on Rental Prisons: A Bad Proposal

Green light to send Swedish prisoners abroad

There are no legal obstacles for Sweden to rent prison places abroad, according to a new investigation. It is a paradigm shift, says the government's investigator Mattias Wahlstedt.

Green light to send Swedish prisoners abroad

The Ghost Man - an exception - few reoffend

Last year, the "Ghost Man" and the "Nytorgs Man" were arrested for new rapes. But the two serial rapists are exceptions, according to Johanna Lätth, an expert at the Prison and Probation Service.

The Ghost Man - an exception - few reoffend

Kumla to receive convicted children

Now it is clear which institutions the Prison and Probation Service will proceed with in preparations to receive convicted children and young people. The authority is planning for child and youth departments at a total of eight institutions, of which the high-security institution Kumla is one.

Kumla to receive convicted children

Caregiver assaulted by inmate – suffered concussion

An employee at Salbergaanstalten in Sala was severely assaulted by an inmate, resulting in a serious concussion, reports [P4 Västmanland](https://sverigesradio. se/artikel/vardare-svart-misshandlad-av-fange-pa-salbergaanstalten).

Caregiver assaulted by inmate – suffered concussion

More chaos in prisons – more are isolated

More misbehave and are isolated in the country's prisons, reports Ekot. The increase is linked to there being more inmates in the same space, according to the Prison and Probation Service.

More chaos in prisons – more are isolated