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.

Swedish Prison and Probation Service logo.

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service's recruitment bus visiting Ystad 2025.

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