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Swedish Prisons to Double Cell Occupancy Amid Overcrowding Concerns

Swedish Prisons to Double Cell Occupancy Amid Overcrowding Concerns

Tue 20 May 2025 07:33 CEST

There is an extremely high pressure on Swedish prisons. By the end of the year, there will be two inmates in each cell that can be double-occupied, reports P4 Jönköping

Swedish prisons: Two Inmates on Six Square Meters

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Swedish prisons: Two Inmates on Six Square Meters

Sun 2 Mar 2025 07:00 CET

The smallest cells in Swedish prisons are now approved for double occupancy. Two inmates can thus be forced to share a floor area of six square meters

More prisoners will have to share cells by spring

More prisoners will have to share cells by spring

Fri 3 Jan 2025 03:52 CET

The Prison and Probation Service needs to create 700 extra places in remand prisons and institutions by doubling up in cells by the spring, in addition to the new places the authority has already planned for, reports Ekot.