A plan for the Prison and Probation Service

The plan demands a functioning criminal justice system with an effective exit programme and establishes that repression is not enough but that focus must be directed towards preventing recruitment into crime. A plan for how the Prison and Probation Service shall manage spaces and staff, so that security and crime prevention work do not deteriorate, responds to this. The plan says nothing about the committee's reasons that a capacity report and allocated resources suffice.

• effective exit programmedecisive»Kriminaliteten behöver mötas både med ett fungerande och närvarande rättssystem som fler patrullerande poliser, arbete mot narkotikahandel, kamp mot tillgången till illegala skjutvapen och ett effektivt avhopparprogram« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Crime needs to be met both with a functioning and present criminal justice system such as more patrolling police, work against drug trafficking, combat access to illegal firearms and an effective exit programme”
• prevention before punishment»Vissa straff kan behöva höjas men mycket mer fokus måste riktas mot att förhindra rekryteringen av nya barn till gängkriminalitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Some punishments may need to be increased but much more focus must be directed towards preventing the recruitment of new children to gang crime.”
• criticism of repression»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 crackdowns are raised as solutions instead of addressing the problems seriously.”
• resources for preventive work»förstärk socialtjänsten med tillräckliga resurser och kunskap för att arbeta både förebyggande och med barnskydd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen social services with sufficient resources and knowledge to work both preventively and with child protection”

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 toughen sentences significantly and at the same time invest at least as much in preventive work, which presupposes that the Prison and Probation Service has spaces and staff to carry out sentences and do recidivism-prevention work. A plan for how the agency shall manage the task therefore follows from the plan's commitments. The committee's reasoning that the situation has already been noted is not addressed by the plan.

• skärpta straff kräver kapacitetdecisive»Vi vill skärpa straffen bland annat för gängrelaterad brottslighet, för den som begår upprepade och allvarliga brott och för den som understödjer organiserad kriminalitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to toughen sentences among other things for gang-related crime, for those who commit repeated and serious crimes and for those who support organised crime.”
• förebyggande arbete parallellt»För varje krona som läggs på fler poliser, ska minst en krona läggas på det förebyggande arbetet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“For every crown spent on more police, at least one crown shall be spent on preventive work.”
• kompromisslös brottsbekämpning»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime shall be uncompromising.”
• tydlig reaktion mot brott»Samhället måste reagera tydligt mot brott och regelöverträdelser.« (party programme ↗)“Society must react clearly to crime and breaches of rules.”

The plan states that criminal justice shall be humane and aim that the convicted does not relapse into crime, and that sentences have both preventive and rehabilitative purposes. If prison places and staff cannot be built out in time, both security and relapse-prevention work are threatened, which speaks to a plan being drawn up immediately. The plan says nothing about capacity reports already being drawn up.

• humane criminal justice against relapsedecisive»human och ha som mål att den som dömts inte ska« (party programme ↗)“humane and aim that one who is convicted shall”
• sentence's rehabilitative purpose»Brottspåföljder har både ett brottsförebyggande« (party programme ↗)“Criminal sentences have both a crime-prevention”
• care and education during deprivation of liberty»höja maxtiden för sluten ungdomsvård och förstärka vårdinsatser och utbildning under tiden den unge är frihetsberövad, samt införa en utslussningsverksamhet när straffet är avtjänat.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“raise the maximum period for closed youth care and strengthen care measures and education while the young person is deprived of liberty, as well as introduce a reintegration programme when the sentence is completed.”

The plan requires more resources to police, prosecutors, courts and prisons at the same time as sentences are tightened, which assumes that prison places and personnel actually exist. The plan also establishes that criminal policy should both deter and support return to a life without crime, which is precisely what is at risk if capacity is insufficient. A plan for how the authority should meet its task is therefore in line with the plan.

• resources to the entire judicial chaindecisive»Samhället ska inte vika sig för gängen. För att besegra dem krävs bättre insatser som förebygger nyrekrytering, mer resurser till polis, åklagare, domstolar och kriminalvården och strängare straff.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society should not yield to gangs. To defeat them, better initiatives are needed to prevent recruitment, more resources for police, prosecutors, courts and prisons and stricter sentences.”
• recidivism-preventing incarceration»Kriminalpolitiken ska därför både förebygga och avskräcka från brott, stödja brottsdrabbade och stimulera dem som har begått olagliga handlingar till en ny livssituation utan brottslighet.« (party programme ↗)“Criminal policy should therefore both prevent and deter crime, support crime victims and encourage those who have committed illegal acts to a new situation without crime.”
• strengthened judicial chain»Vi behöver rusta Sveriges totalförsvar, stärka hela rättskedjan, satsa på förebyggande insatser och en likvärdig skola.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We need to equip Sweden's total defence, strengthen the entire judicial chain, invest in preventive measures and an equal school.”

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 requires longer sentences and that lifestyle criminals be kept locked up longer and binds the party to more remand prisons and prisons with more prison officers. If prison places and personnel do not have time to be built out, that commitment cannot be fulfilled, and the plan's requirement that time in prison shall provide better conditions for a life in freedom is undermined. A plan for how the agency shall manage the task is therefore in line with the plan.

• expanded prison caredecisive»Samtidigt behöver vi fler domare och fler åklagare, och fler häkten och fängelser med fler kriminalvårdare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time we need more judges and more prosecutors, and more remand prisons and prisons with more prison officers.”
• more shall be kept locked up»Livsstilskriminella ska hållas inlåsta i stället för att släppas ut på våra gator.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Lifestyle criminals shall be kept locked up instead of being released onto our streets.”
• content in the execution of sentences»Intagna på fängelser ska erbjudas arbete, behandling och utbildning under strafftiden.« (party programme ↗)“Inmates in prisons shall be offered work, treatment and education during the sentence.”
• recidivism-preventing prison care»att den intagne efter avtjänat straff ska ha bättre förutsättningar att klara ett liv i frihet.« (party programme ↗)“that the inmate after serving their sentence shall have better conditions to manage a life in freedom.”

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 requires that the entire justice system is built up with a significantly expanded criminal care, which is exactly the capacity the counter-proposal wants to see a plan for. The plan also requires that society support the convicted so that reoffending is avoided, which presupposes that prison places and staff are sufficient. The requirement for an immediate plan thus aligns with the plan's commitments.

• significantly expanded criminal caredecisive»Hela rättsväsendet behöver byggas ut. Fler poliser kräver fler åklagare, domstolar på fler platser i landet och en kraftigt utbyggd kriminalvård.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The entire justice system needs to be built up. More police require more prosecutors, courts in more places in the country and significantly expanded criminal care”
• reoffending prevention work»och bostad för att denne efter avtjänat straff ska kunna återinträda i samhället och inte återfalla i brottslighet.« (party programme ↗)“and housing so that this person after serving their sentence can re-enter society and not reoffend”
• support for the convicted»Samhället har ett ansvar att stödja den« (party programme ↗)“Society has a responsibility to support the”
• effective prosecution requires capacity»Alla brott ska effektivt och utan undantag beivras« (party programme ↗)“All crimes shall be effectively and without exception combated”

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 overcrowding in prisons and institutions is unsustainable and that more prison places are very urgent in both the short and long term, and counts on its investments leading to more people being deprived of liberty. Requiring a plan for how the Prison and Probation Service shall manage institution places and staff follows from this commitment. The plan does not, however, take a position on whether ongoing capacity work is sufficient.

• acute need for institution placesdecisive»Trängseln på landets häkten och anstalter börjar på många håll i landet bli ohållbar. Att öka antalet fängelseplatser är därför mycket angeläget, både på kort och på lång sikt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Overcrowding in the country's prisons and institutions is beginning to become unsustainable in many places. Increasing the number of prison places is therefore very urgent, both in the short and long term.”
• expanded institution capacity»Öka antalet fängelseplatser och se över möjligheten att hyra fängelseplatser utomlands« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase the number of prison places and review the possibility of renting prison places abroad”
• more deprivations of liberty require capacity»Moderaternas satsningar på Polisen och åklagarna kommer i sig leda till att fler personer blir frihetsberövade och att fler kommer att avtjäna fängelsestraff.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderate Party's investments in the Police and prosecutors will in themselves lead to more people being deprived of liberty and more serving prison sentences.”
• Prison and Probation Service's core mission»Kriminalvårdens uppgift är att verkställa de straff som utdöms« (party programme ↗)“The Prison and Probation Service's task is to carry out the sentences that are handed down”

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 counter-proposal wants a plan drawn up immediately for how the Prison Service can fulfil its mission with sufficient prison places and personnel. The plan's core commitment is to expand access to prison places within and outside Sweden and to implement substantial investments in police, prosecutors and prisons. Since the plan simultaneously requires significantly toughened sentences, capacity in the prison service is a precondition that the plan itself points to.

• more prison placesdecisive»Utöka tillgången på anstaltsplatser i och utanför Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Expand access to prison places within and outside Sweden”
• investments in prisons»Sverigedemokraterna vill kraftigt skärpa straffen och genomföra kraftiga satsningar på polis, åklagare och anstalter.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to significantly toughen sentences and implement substantial investments in police, prosecutors and prisons.”
• strengthened justice system»Säkerställa satsningar för ett kraftigt upprustat rättsväsende« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Secure investments for a significantly strengthened justice system”
• law enforcement authorities shall have resources»resurser och befogenheter för att kunna lösa sina uppgifter och skydda medborgarna.« (party programme ↗)“resources and powers to be able to fulfil their tasks and protect citizens.”

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.