Gang Crime: Sweden Plans Prisons for 13-Year-Olds

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In the fight against young gang criminals, the Swedish government is pushing forward plans for detention departments for young people. In doing so, it wants to put particularly young criminals behind bars.

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In the fight against the increasing gang crime in Sweden, criminal law rules are to be tightened from the summer of 2026 – young people from the age of 13 years are to be accommodated in special youth prisons.

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In Sweden, which has long struggled with gangs recruiting minors to commit serious crimes, the government is planning to lower the age of criminal responsibility. Under a new bill, 13- and 14-year-olds will be able to go to juvenile prisons if they commit particularly serious crimes, Welt reports.

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The Swedish government is preparing to introduce prison units for offenders as young as 13 years old. It wants to further intensify the fight against juvenile gang crime, the DPA agency reported.

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Stockholm - The Swedish government is preparing prisons to house offenders as young as 13. It wants to further intensify the fight against juvenile gang crime, the DPA agency reported....