Sweden’s Prison Shortage Sparks Clash Over Tougher Sentences Between Social Democrats and Moderates
Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer (M) and Swedish Prison and Probation Service Director General Rikard Jermsten have been summoned to the Justice Committee (a parliamentary committee) to report on the shortage of prison places. “We are now heading towards a serious situation,” says committee chair Teresa Carvalho (S).
Swedish politics