“M-criticism when the money is taken from the police”
“the Swedish penitentiary institutions are overcrowded and to ensure the detainees’ security pushes the government to the money. But parts of the addition to be taken from the police budget, which is facing strong criticism from Conservatives.”
“the prison service is struggling with overcrowded jails and prisons. For institutions to better cope with the coating gives the government an additional sek 105 million in the budget for 2019. The money will be used, inter alia, to strengthen human resources so that order and security can be guaranteed when the inmates are forced to share a room with each other.”
“Since 2017 has Kriminalvåden responsibility for the transport of persons in custody, on behalf of, inter alia, the police and the Swedish migration board. Transport takes resources from the agency’s core business and in vårbudgeten moved, therefore, an additional 230 million from the Police to the prison service, something that raises strong criticism from the Conservatives:”
“– It is quite obvious that it needed more money for the prison and Probation service. But it is completely unreasonable to give money to the prison service by cutting down on the police, it becomes a totally absurd order, ” says moderatledaren Ulf Kristersson.”
“Last week was 17 of Sweden’s 45 prisons overcrowded, according to information to SVT News has developed.”
“the Situation is very strained,” says Correctional anstalts and häktesdirektör Hanna Jarl to SVT.”
“Around 1 in 100 new sites to be built in the jails and in institutions, but according to Hanna Jarl, it corresponds to only around half of the sites that the authority considers necessary in the future.”
” We are seeing an increased influx, not only in the short term. It is a trend we believe will stand out, ” says Hanna Jarl.”
