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            <title><![CDATA[Sexual abuse in Swedish prisons and detention centers is rising, report finds]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Sexual violence between inmates in prisons and detention centers has increased, Arbetet reports, citing a new report from the Swedish Prison and Probation Service.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 18:12:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Suspicious powder in letter sent to Malmö prison found to be harmless]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Police and emergency services were called to Fosie Prison in Malmö on Monday after a letter containing an unknown powder arrived. By 2 p.m., the danger had passed.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:03:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Woman Who Failed to Report to Prison Gets Life Sentence for Contract Killing in Södertälje]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A 30-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman have been sentenced to life in prison for a shooting in Södertälje last autumn in which a young man was killed and another man seriously injured. The woman was supposed to have started serving a prison sentence for a previous crime the day before the murder.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:03:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fagersta school attack suspect should undergo mental health assessment, Probation Service says]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The 18-year-old man suspected of the school attack in Fagersta should undergo a mental health assessment, the Probation Service says in its personal investigation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:34:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden’s Prison Capacity Warning Fuels Battle Over Tougher Penalties and 2029 Reform Deadline]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The battle over how quickly the government’s full criminal justice reform can be implemented is gaining new momentum. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service says costs could rise from SEK 24 billion to SEK 85 billion by 2045.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:24:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish prisoners in Estonia raise concerns about food, hygiene and treatment in open letter]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[So far, 41 prisoners have been transferred from Swedish prisons to a facility in Estonia. The goal remains to have 600 inmates there by next summer. At the same time, some Swedish inmates are raising the alarm about conditions in the prison.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:20:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden’s Prison Shortage Sparks Clash Over Tougher Sentences Between Social Democrats and Moderates]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[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).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:35:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Former Think Pink Manager Fariba Andersson to Serve Sentence at Hinseberg Prison]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Fariba Andersson was sentenced to five years in prison in the Think Pink case. She will serve her sentence at Hinseberg Prison.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:07:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden’s Prison Service Raises Long-Term Prison Capacity Needs to 45,000 Places]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The need for new prison and detention facilities may be much greater than the Swedish Prison and Probation Service has so far estimated. In the long term, the need may rise from the current 13,000 places to 45,000.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:47:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Moderates promise to abolish sentence discounts by 2029]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Moderates are now promising that today's sentence discount for those convicted of multiple crimes will be abolished in 2029. That is a year earlier than they said just two weeks ago.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 14:02:46 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Expanded Register Checks to Prevent Criminal Infiltration]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The judicial system is given extended opportunities to check persons against the criminal records and suspicion registers, for example when hiring. The purpose is to prevent authorities from being infiltrated by criminals.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 13:12:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish Prisons to Double Cell Occupancy Amid Overcrowding Concerns]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 05:33:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Government Proposes Longer Prison Terms Despite Advisory Warnings]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Government proposes that conditional release should take place at the earliest after three-quarters of the sentence have been served. The purpose of the proposal is to sharpen society's view on serious crime, says Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer (The Moderate Party). An inquiry has nonetheless advised against changing the current two-thirds release.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 08:06:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Women to Serve Sentences in Men's Facilities Due to Security Concerns]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 05:46:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Johanna Möller Moved to High-Security Prison Amid Escape Concerns]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The so-called "Arboga woman", Johanna Möller, who is convicted of murder and attempted murder of her parents has been moved to Kumla, reports Expressen.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:57:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Organized Crime Infiltrates Swedish Assistance Benefits System]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[All larger assistance companies have employees linked to organized crime, according to a new investigation. It is a very problematic picture that is being painted, says the Director-General of the Swedish Social Insurance Agency Nils Öberg to TT.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 06:42:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Spring Budget Allocates 11.5 Billion Kronor for Key Investments]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Spring Budget contains new proposals for 11.5 billion kronor, which are added to the current budget for 2025. This is how they are distributed.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 04:00:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Spring Budget Faces Uncertainty Amid Global Economic Concerns]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Trade war, stock market chaos and concern for the global economy make the spring budget characterized by unusually great uncertainty. We will not get an answer today on how the government will handle potentially darker times.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 03:30:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Council's Advice to the Government: Be Frugal until the Shock Comes]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[In the midst of a toxic customs chaos, the government is presenting its spring budget. Most of the money will go towards increasing the ROT deduction, to support the construction industry and households that want to renovate. It's nothing that I would have prioritized, says Nordea's chief economist Annika Winsth.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Arklöv's Request for Transfer to Open Prison Denied by Swedish Authorities]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Jackie Arklöv, who is serving a life sentence for the police murders in Malexander 1999, is denied his application to be transferred to an open prison.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 10:32:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden Allocates 500 Million Kronor to Boost Prison Services]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2025 10:39:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Police and Prison Uniforms Illegally Sold on Sellpy, Investigation Reveals]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Work clothes from the police and the Prison and Probation Service have been sold on the second-hand site Sellpy, reports SVT. The sale may be illegal since the clothes still belong to the authorities.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 06:32:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Complaints to the Parliamentary Ombudsman increase – "there are risks"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The complaints to the Parliamentary Ombudsman (JO) increased significantly last year. The largest increase is in the criminal justice and migration areas. The increase affects other parts of the JO's operations and now demands are being made for more supervisory authorities.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 06:31:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Prison and Probation Service Requests New Billions to Expand]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 04:15:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Escaped from detention center with stolen vehicle]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Two men have escaped from the Migration Agency's detention center in Åstorp during the night. A stolen work vehicle has been driven into the building and smashed a window.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 06:24:17 GMT</pubDate>
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