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.

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

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 ...

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

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

"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 ...

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 ...