GPS in prisoner transports and prison leaves

The programme states that everyone has the right to a broad private sphere and that growing surveillance and registration should be counteracted, and that personal integrity and the principles of a legal state shall be safeguarded. Expanding electronic surveillance at more leaves goes in the opposite direction. The plan also rejects repression and harder measures as shortcuts and puts preventive measures first, but the issue is not directly addressed.

• counteract growing surveillanceweak support»Alla människor har rätt till en bred privat sfär som skyddas på praktisk och principiell grund. Växande övervakning och registrering ska motverkas.« (party programme ↗)“All people have the right to a broad private sphere that is protected on a practical and principled basis. Growing surveillance and registration should be counteracted.”
• personal integrity and legal statedecisive»En fördjupad demokrati innebär också att vi slår vakt om den personliga integriteten och fundamentala principer i en rättsstat.« (party programme ↗)“A deepened democracy also means that we safeguard personal integrity and fundamental principles in a legal state.”
• repression does not solve crime»Alltför ofta lyfts repression och hårdare tag upp som lösningar istället för att ta itu med problemen på allvar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Far too often repression and harder measures are raised as solutions instead of addressing the problems seriously.”

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The plan makes the fight against crime uncompromising and wants to give society more tools to protect the exposed, particularly against domestic violence. Increased use of GPS trackers on leave is such a tool for crime victims' security, and the party programme requires society to react clearly against crime. GPS surveillance is not mentioned in the documents.

• uncompromising crime-fightingdecisive»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös. Samhällets fulla kraft ska mobiliseras för att trycka tillbaka de kriminella« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime shall be uncompromising. Society's full force shall be mobilized to push back the criminals”
• protection for victims of violence»Krafttag för att stoppa hedersrelaterat våld, sexualbrott och mäns våld mot kvinnor. Vi vill fort sätta den politiska riktning som skärpt straffen för våld och andra kränkningar i nära relationer, och som ökat resurserna till kvinno- och tjejjourernas viktiga arbete.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Forceful action to stop honor-related violence, sexual crimes and men's violence against women. We want to continue the political direction that has increased sentences for violence and other violations in intimate relationships, and that has increased resources to women's and girls' centers' important work.”
• clear response to crime»Samhället måste reagera tydligt mot brott och regelöverträdelser.« (party programme ↗)“Society must react clearly against crime and violations of rules.”
• more tools against crime»Polisen behöver också fler verktyg, som bättre möjligheter till avlyssning och husrannsakan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Police also need more tools, such as better opportunities for wiretapping and search warrants.”

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The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto wants violence victims who are forced to hide to receive stronger protection and more perpetrators of violence to receive electronic monitoring, and the party programme puts the crime victim and their victimisation at the centre. Increased use of GPS trackers during prison leaves serves the same protection. The plan simultaneously requires that criminal justice is humane and aimed at preventing reoffending.

• electronic monitoring for perpetrators of violencedecisive»att våldsutsatta kvinnor som tvingas gömma sig ska få starkare skydd och att fler som utövar våld ska få fotboja.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“that violence victims who are forced to hide shall receive stronger protection and more perpetrators of violence shall receive electronic monitoring.”
• the crime victim at the centre»Rättspolitiken ska sätta brottsoffret och dennes utsatthet i centrum.« (party programme ↗)“Criminal justice policy shall put the crime victim and their victimisation at the centre.”
• humane criminal justice»Brottspåföljder har både ett brottsförebyggande och ett rehabiliterande syfte. Kriminalvård ska vara human och ha som mål att den som dömts inte ska återfalla i kriminalitet.« (party programme ↗)“Criminal consequences have both a crime-prevention and a rehabilitative purpose. Criminal justice shall be humane and aim to prevent those convicted from reoffending.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto wants electronic monitoring to be used more often and in more cases, precisely to protect crime victims and combat domestic violence, and for the victim perspective to be strengthened. Increased use of GPS trackers during furloughs is based on the same logic: technical control of the offender for the victim's security. The plan discusses contact prohibitions rather than furloughs, and requires that integrity restrictions are proportionate.

• monitoring in more casesdecisive»Brottsofferperspektivet måste stärkas och eftervåldet upphöra. Vi vill att elektronisk fotboja används i fler fall vid kontaktförbud och säkra det långsiktiga stödet till kvinnojourer, tjejjourer och skyddade boenden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The victim perspective must be strengthened and domestic violence must end. We want electronic monitoring to be used in more cases of contact bans and secure long-term support for women's shelters, girls' shelters and secure housing.”
• electronic monitoring of offenders»Vi vill bland annat att elektronisk fotboja används oftare och stärka skyddet för familjer med skyddad identitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want, among other things, electronic monitoring to be used more often and strengthen the protection of families with protected identity.”
• strengthened victim perspective»Brottsofferperspektivet måste stärkas. Den som utsatts för brott ska få upprättelse och bättre stöd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The victim perspective must be strengthened. Those who have been victims of crime must receive acknowledgment and better support.”
• proportionate integrity restrictionsweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet. Det måste finnas en proportionalitet mellan lagstiftningens inskränkning av medborgarnas integritet och lagarnas syfte.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal integrity. There must be proportionality between the legislation's restriction of citizens' integrity and the legislation's purpose.”

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The plan wants to keep career criminals locked up and give crime victims better protection and support, and explicitly accepts extensive restrictions on offenders' geographical freedom of movement. Increased use of GPS trackers on leave is such a control measure that protects victims and relatives. The plan's integrity requirement means that the measure shall be effective and proportionate, but does not work against it here.

• control of career criminalsdecisive»Livsstilskriminella ska hållas inlåsta i stället för att släppas ut på våra gator.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Career criminals shall be kept locked up rather than released onto our streets.”
• movement restrictions for offenders»genomgå behandling samt kunna åläggas omfattande begränsningar i den geografiska rörelsefriheten« (party programme ↗)“undergo treatment and can be subject to extensive restrictions on geographical freedom of movement”
• protection for crime victims»ett bättre skydd och stöd för offren« (2022 manifesto ↗)“better protection and support for the victims”
• integrity weighing»Skyddet för den enskildes integritet ska stärkas.« (party programme ↗)“Protection of the individual's integrity shall be strengthened.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan states that sanctions must protect society against crimes and that society must stand on the side of crime victims, which supports the requirement for GPS monitoring during more temporary releases. The election manifesto also wants to significantly expand criminal care. The plan does not specifically comment on GPS trackers, but the aim of preventing escapes and protecting crime victims follows from its sentencing principles.

• the sanction must protect societydecisive»andra från liknande handlingar samt skydda samhället« (party programme ↗)“others from similar actions as well as protect society”
• security for crime victims»att samhället ställer sig på brottsoffrets sida.« (party programme ↗)“that society stands on the side of the crime victim.”
• the multiple purposes of sanctions»Påföljder för brott ska tjäna flera ändamål« (party programme ↗)“Sanctions for crime must serve several purposes”
• expanded criminal care»en kraftigt utbyggd kriminalvård« (2022 manifesto ↗)“significantly expanded criminal care”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to introduce an entirely new possibility for long-term surveillance with electronic tags and limit leaves and conditional release, with the crime victim's position as starting point. Increased use of GPS transmitters during leaves is the same sort of control tool to protect crime victims and relatives and prevent escapes. However, GPS during leave is not mentioned as such.

• electronic surveillance of the convicteddecisive»Införa en helt ny möjlighet till långtidsövervakning med fotboja« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce an entirely new possibility for long-term surveillance with electronic tags”
• stricter leave rules»Begränsa möjligheterna till permission och villkorlig frigivning för gängkriminella« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Limit the possibilities for leave and conditional release for gang criminals”
• protection for crime victims»Stärka skyddet för vittnen och brottsoffer« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen the protection of witnesses and crime victims”
• the crime victim in focus»Rättssamhället måste alltid stå på brottsoffrets sida. Moderaterna kommer kraftigt stärka brottsoffrets ställning i rättsprocessen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The just society must always stand on the crime victim's side. The Moderate Party will powerfully strengthen the crime victim's position in legal proceedings.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to limit the right to leave for the convicted and change leave regulations so that crime victims do not suddenly encounter the perpetrator, and increase surveillance of those who have committed serious crimes. Increased use of GPS tracking devices during leave is a direct means for just this. The counter-proposal's requirement therefore follows from the plan's crime victim perspective.

• safer leave regulationsdecisive»Rätten till att permissioner ska ändras så att brottsoffer inte ska behöva vara oroliga över att kort tid efter domen fallit plötsligt stöta på gärningsmannen på gatan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The right to leave should be changed so that crime victims do not need to worry about suddenly encountering the perpetrator on the street shortly after the sentence falls.”
• restricted leave»Begränsa rätten till permission för dömda« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Limit the right to leave for the convicted”
• crime victim influence»Brottsoffer bör alltid informeras om permissioner och i vissa fall ha inflytande över beslutet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Crime victims should always be informed about leave and in some cases have influence over the decision.”
• control of convicted's movements»Möjliggöra inskränkningar av rörelsefrihet efter avtjänat straff« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Make it possible to restrict freedom of movement after sentence served”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.