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Martin Holmgren

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

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

The Prison and Probation Service: Wise to go in that direction

The Director-General of the Prison and Probation Service, Martin Holmgren, would like to see an extended possibility of electronic tagging at home. It is something that we ourselves have proposed, he says.

The Prison and Probation Service: Wise to go in that direction