Swedish Prison and Probation Service

Swedish Prison and Probation Service (Swedish: Kriminalvården) is a Government agency that is part of the Swedish judicial system, tasked with incarcerating suspects during pre-trial and trial and convicts after sentencing. The Main Office of the agency is located in Norrköping.

The agency also handles deportations of individuals not allowed in the country.^[1] Due to the increase in Swedish prison populations,^[2] the agency announced it would consider sending incarcerated individuals to other countries^[3] as it aims to increase the number of prison spaces from 9,000 to 27,000 by 2033.^[4]

See also

• Swedish National Board of Institutional Care
• Escape of Stig Bergling

External links

• www.kriminalvarden.se (Swedish main page, with links to several languages)
• Swedish Prison and Probation Service (in English)
• http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article17982750.ab