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Sis Homes' Deficiencies Threaten Children's Safety and Health

In several of the country's Sis-residences, the deficiencies are so large that they pose a risk to the children's safety and health. The malpractices are recurring and persistent, according to a new report.

Sis Homes' Deficiencies Threaten Children's Safety and Health

Girls Face Increased Violence in Institutional Care, Report Reveals

Violence against children in institutional care is increasing – despite repeated warnings and promises of action, a review by the Children's Rights Agency reveals. And it is girls who are hardest hit.

Girls Face Increased Violence in Institutional Care, Report Reveals

Government Accelerates Sis-home Expansion to Enhance Security

The Government summons the leadership of the National Board of Institutional Care (Sis) to accelerate the expansion of the staff's authority. .

Government Accelerates Sis-home Expansion to Enhance Security

Police Recover Escaped Boys from Sollefteå Sis Home; Investigation Launched

The night before Maundy Thursday, four LVU-placed boys escaped from a Sis home in Sollefteå, which [Aftonbladet](https://www. aftonbladet.

Police Recover Escaped Boys from Sollefteå Sis Home; Investigation Launched

Sweden Allocates 200 Million Kronor to Expand Sis Home Capacity

The Government wants to see more places at Sis-homes and is investing 200 million kronor in the spring amending budget. Right now, a total of 49 children and young people are waiting in line for Sis.

Sweden Allocates 200 Million Kronor to Expand Sis Home Capacity

Sis CEO Responds to Criticism: Report Key to Improving Child Care

The Ombudsman for Children's report on deficiencies in the care of detained children is welcomed by Elisabet Åbjörnsson Hollmark, Director-General of Sis, the National Board of Institutional Care. It is important that all of us take this on board, she says.

Sis CEO Responds to Criticism: Report Key to Improving Child Care

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

More young people are sentenced - Sis demands more money

The number of young people sentenced to closed youth care has increased dramatically. Now the National Board of Institutions is demanding more money from the government.

More young people are sentenced - Sis demands more money

Escape from Youth Care Home

Several inmates are said to have escaped from a Sis facility outside Sollefteå, according to information to [Aftonbladet](https://www. aftonbladet.

Escape from Youth Care Home

The Mission to Sis: Strengthen Security Work

The National Board of Institutions, Sis, is commissioned by the government to strengthen security work to prevent gang criminals from recruiting children at Sis homes. .

The Mission to Sis: Strengthen Security Work

18 institutions for care or accommodation closed – alarm about violence and abuse

During the year, 18 HVB homes have been closed. At the same time, violence, threats, and assaults continue to occur at several of the residences.

18 institutions for care or accommodation closed – alarm about violence and abuse

Prisons being prepared for criminal children

Up to 250 children and young people can soon move into some of Sweden's high-security institutions. 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.

Prisons being prepared for criminal children

Sis to create 100 new places by March

The National Board of Institutions (Sis) will increase its capacity with an additional 100 places, the authority announces in a press release. The approximately 600 places currently in use within youth care will become over 700 by the end of March 2025.

Sis to create 100 new places by March

Proposal: Ankle Tag and Body Search at Sis

Football, entrance controls and extended opportunities for body and room searches are proposed for the supervision of children and young people at Sis-homes. These are new tools that have really been needed in Sis' toolbox for a long time, says Minister for Social Affairs Camilla Waltersson Grönvall (The Moderate Party).

Proposal: Ankle Tag and Body Search at Sis

Young people in SiS homes to be locked in at night

Young people at Sis-homes are to be locked in at night if it is necessary for order and safety. But among others, the Children's Ombudsman is critical.

Young people in SiS homes to be locked in at night

Eleven HVB companies with criminal connections procured by SKR

A company within the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) has signed agreements with several HVB companies that have ties to organized crime, reports SVT News. .

Eleven HVB companies with criminal connections procured by SKR

13-year-old crime suspect denied Sis placement

Sis said no when the social services wanted a place for a 13-year-old girl suspected of involvement in the murder of a girl in Landskrona. It required pressure from the police to shake out a place.

13-year-old crime suspect denied Sis placement

Sis remodels youth homes to get more places

The number of young people sentenced to closed youth care has tripled in a year and a half. This has put pressure on the National Board of Institutions (Sis) to find room for everyone.

Sis remodels youth homes to get more places

SiS homes strengthened with 700 million

The Government wants to strengthen the closed youth care at SiS-homes with 700 million kronor in 2025. The money is intended to ensure that more young people get a place immediately, that security is strengthened and the living environment is improved.

SiS homes strengthened with 700 million

The Police Sound the Alarm: Criminals Running HVB Homes

Several HVB homes are run by organized and family-based crime, according to a survey of Sis- and HVB homes that the police conducted in 2023. The report also reveals that gang members are employed at the homes.

The Police Sound the Alarm: Criminals Running HVB Homes

"Scaling up to crisis mode due to lack of space"

The National Board of Institutions (Sis) is going into crisis mode due to a lack of space, reports [Sveriges Radio Ekot. ](https://sverigesradio.

"Scaling up to crisis mode due to lack of space"

Sis wants to fire employee after violence against child

The National Board of Institutions (Sis) wants to dismiss the employee who broke a forcibly detained girl's arm at the Sis home in Långanäs, according to local media. In June, the Health and Social Care Inspectorate (Ivo) decided to close two departments at the home in Eksjö municipality.

Sis wants to fire employee after violence against child

The Minister promises: Pressure on Sis-homes eases

Minister for Social Affairs Camilla Waltersson Grönvall (The Moderate Party) promises "a significant improvement" in a couple of months regarding the shortage of places at so-called Sis-homes. Currently, 31 young people are waiting in line for closed care.

The Minister promises: Pressure on Sis-homes eases

Sis tackles the placement shortage: Takes in the most dangerous children

Six are looking at establishing modular homes to solve the accommodation shortage. The situation is serious, according to youth care director Birgitta Dahlberg.

Sis tackles the placement shortage: Takes in the most dangerous children