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Sis Homes' Deficiencies Threaten Children's Safety and Health
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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
Girls Face Increased Violence in Institutional Care, Report Reveals
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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
Government Accelerates Sis-home Expansion to Enhance Security
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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.
Police Recover Escaped Boys from Sollefteå Sis Home; Investigation Launched
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Police Recover Escaped Boys from Sollefteå Sis Home; Investigation Launched

Sweden Allocates 200 Million Kronor to Expand Sis Home Capacity
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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
Sis CEO Responds to Criticism: Report Key to Improving Child Care
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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
Sweden's New Strategy to Help Youth Exit Crime Networks
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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
More young people are sentenced - Sis demands more money
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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
Escape from Youth Care Home
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Escape from Youth Care Home

The Mission to Sis: Strengthen Security Work
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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.
18 institutions for care or accommodation closed – alarm about violence and abuse
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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
Prisons being prepared for criminal children
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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
Sis to create 100 new places by March
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Sis to create 100 new places by March

Proposal: Ankle Tag and Body Search at Sis
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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)
Young people in SiS homes to be locked in at night
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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
Eleven HVB companies with criminal connections procured by SKR
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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.
13-year-old crime suspect denied Sis placement
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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
Sis remodels youth homes to get more places
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Sis remodels youth homes to get more places

SiS homes strengthened with 700 million
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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
The Police Sound the Alarm: Criminals Running HVB Homes
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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
"Scaling up to crisis mode due to lack of space"
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"Scaling up to crisis mode due to lack of space"

Sis wants to fire employee after violence against child
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Sis wants to fire employee after violence against child

The Minister promises: Pressure on Sis-homes eases
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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
Sis tackles the placement shortage: Takes in the most dangerous children
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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
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