Judicial Reform Sees Swedish Prisons Preparing to House Young Teens

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Sigtuna, Sweden In the north of Stockholm, Rosersberg prison is preparing to receive 13-year-old children, a measure that aims to tackle the vicious cycle of juvenile delinquency, but is being highly criticized. The conservative minority government, supported by the ultra-right-wing Swedish Democrats training, announced in January that it will lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 13 years in the case of crimes punishable by at lea…