Kriminalvården

Platform Murderer Charged with New Assault

Eleven years ago, he shot a woman to death at Umeå central station. Now the so-called platform murderer is being prosecuted for another serious violent crime – in Stockholm.

"Child Soldiers" Sentenced to Long Prison Terms

Several minors have in the past year been sentenced to long prison terms for gang murders – without the law being changed. It has been possible all along. But you have to reach the most serious crimes and that has not been so common, says prosecutor Tobias Kudrén.

The Government wants to cut costs in the Prison Service

The Prison and Probation Service is to find ways to reduce the so-called daily cost within the agency on the government's assignment. Seko is questioning how this is to be achieved without reducing the level of ambition.

Detained Man Found Dead in Prison

More teachers are being hired at the country's detention centers

Few reports from institutions lead to prosecution

Most police reports filed at Swedish prisons are dropped, according to a survey by Sveriges Radio Ekot. Only 12 out of 280 police reports at the Kumla, Hall, Saltvik, Tidaholm, and Norrtälje facilities led to prosecution last year.

Alarm: Overcrowded Prisons Increase the Risk of Reoffending

Sweden's prisons are overcrowded. This complicates the Prison and Probation Service's work to reduce recidivism, among other things through treatment programs. One is deprived of the opportunity to make a change, says Germay Woldu from Criminals' Revenge in Society (Kris).

The Government on the Sis Alarm: "Sees a Certain Lightening"

The Government called an emergency meeting today due to the acute shortage of places at Sis. We see a certain lightening of this problem, says Minister for Social Affairs Camilla Waltersson Grönvall (The Moderate Party) after the meeting. But from the opposition comes sharp criticism.