Rights activists in Iran fear intensified crackdowns following Israel’s air campaign targeting Iran’s nuclear program ...

A Swedish businesswoman who called herself the Queen of Trash has been sentenced to six years in prison in one of the country ...

To help reduce its 141% occupancy rate in incarceration facilities, Stockholm plans to transfer between 400 and 600 prisoners to a prison in Tartu. The proposal is not unanimously supported in Sweden.

In recent years, Sweden has seen a rise in violent crime. Gangs and organized groups have been behind many of these acts. As ...

OnlyFans users in Sweden could face prison sentences under a harsh new law that treats buying online sex shows the same as paying a prostitute for sex. Koshiro K – stock.adobe.com.

Renting prison places abroad was a key component of the Tidö Agreement, the aim of which was to remedy the shortage of places in Swedish prisons, caused by a stream of inmates arising due to ...

The Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs has decided to grant a one-time performance bonus to officials who contributed to ...

A murderer has been jailed for 27 years after he stabbed a man to death in Leytonstone and fled to Sweden. Sabajet Shuti, 31, ...

In May, around 7,300 inmates were held in 5,235 cells - an occupancy rate of 141%, figures from the Swedish Prison and Probation Service showed. Including standby accommodation, the occupancy rate ...

Several people have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in serious environmental crimes linked to the waste ...

"Sweden's prison system .. is under tremendous pressures and in that situation needs a plan for expansion to deal with that." Sweden will pay 8,500 euros ($9,680) a month per inmate, a saving on ...