Sweden is contemplating the idea of sending its inmates to serve their prison time in foreign nations. This comes as the ...

The Swedish government said Wednesday that it was examining the possibility of sending some inmates to serve their sentences ...

Sweden can send criminals to serve their sentences in prisons abroad, a government-appointed commission said on Wednesday, as ...

Swedish citizens could be among those sent to foreign prisons - though it would not be the first such scheme in the EU.

While that success has been welcomed, it has put a strain on the prison system. In 2023, the latest year for which records ...

In an attempt to try to cope with an influx of new prisoners, Sweden may send criminals to serve their sentences in prisons abroad, a ...

As Sweden faces rising gang crime and an overburdened prison system, a government-appointed commission suggests sending ...

As Sweden grapples with prison overcrowding and gang crime grips Stockholm, politicians are concocting a plan to send ...

To accommodate all detainees and convicted criminals, the Swedish Prison and Probation Service will need 700 additional places in prisons and detention centres this spring. Due to the shortage ...

Mr Linna has now been released from prison and reunited with his family. In a statement, the Swedish Court of Appeal president Margareta Bergstrom said: "Our conclusion is that the evidence ...