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Sweden to rent Estonian jail cells
As has become clear over recent years, violent crime in Sweden has been getting out of hand and the police and authorities are going to take a new hard line. Known for its tolerant culture, Sweden practised the concept of criminal rehabilitation, but with a change of politics in Government, so its policy on criminals is hardening. Currently there are just under 8,000 prisoners in Swedish jails… Source
An approach that concerns the organisations for the rights of prisoners. Due not only to the crime wave but also to the transformation of the penitentiary system due to the punitive policies of the extreme right
Sweden is preparing to rent cells in Estonian prisons as its prison population grows rapidly. Experts say Sweden is moving away from a policy of criminal rehabilitation and towards mass incarceration, similar to the United States, The Guardian reports.
Sweden will rent cells in Estonian prisons, where it is expected to move 600 prisoners, due to a rapidly growing prison population and a lack of space in its domestic prisons.
Sweden is away from criminal rehabilitation in favour of mass arrest in American style, experts have said, in the context where the country is preparing to rent places in Estonian prisons to help manage...
About half of Estonia's prison places are empty and several countries, in addition to Sweden, have shown interest in renting them, but Estonia's own ability to accept foreign prisoners may be an obstacle.
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