Control Outside the Detention Facility

The plan establishes that the parts of society that exercise power over people shall clearly be embedded in democratic structures with functioning accountability. The counter-proposal's requirement that guarding of those held in custody be carried out by the authority's own personnel instead of by private security firms follows from that, as does the election manifesto's criticism of market solutions having taken over common tasks. Legal certainty for the detainee points the same way.

• exercise of power in democratic structuresdecisive»vara tydligt inordnade i demokratiska strukturer. Det ställer också« (party programme ↗)“be clearly embedded in democratic structures. It also sets”
• against market solutions for security»De senaste decennierna har politiken förlitat sig på att marknaden ska lösa våra behov av trygghet, men marknadslösningar har urholkat vår gemensamma välfärd samtidigt som en allt större del av våra skattemedel går till administration och kontroll.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Over the past decades, policy has relied on the market to meet our needs for security, but market solutions have hollowed out our shared welfare while an ever-larger part of our tax revenues go to administration and control.”
• against privatised public responsibility»Vänsterpartiet vill motverka den privatisering som sker av kvinnojourernas verksamhet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party wants to counter the privatisation of women's crisis centre activities.”
• dignified treatment of asylum seekers»sin rätt till en individuell och rättssäker prövning under värdiga« (party programme ↗)“right to an individual and legally sound examination under dignified”

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 party programme establishes that the state's monopoly on violence shall be maintained, that criminal justice should be equipped in public management and that it is serious that important societal functions have been delegated to private market actors. Supervision of detainees outside detention facilities is just such a function. The plan thereby speaks for the counter-proposal's demand that the task be performed by the agency's own staff to the greatest extent possible.

• the state's monopoly on violencedecisive»Statens våldsmonopol upprätthålls.« (party programme ↗)“The state's monopoly on violence is maintained.”
• compulsory care in public management»Rustad kriminalvård i offentlig regi.« (party programme ↗)“Well-equipped criminal justice in public management.”
• do not outsource societal functions»Därför är det allvarligt att viktiga samhällsfunktioner överlåtits till privata marknadsaktörer, som i värsta fall kontrolleras av främmande makt.« (party programme ↗)“Therefore, it is serious that important societal functions have been delegated to private market actors, who in the worst case are controlled by foreign powers.”
• democratic control»Demokratisk kontroll över välfärden och samhällsviktiga funktioner.« (party programme ↗)“Democratic control over welfare and important societal functions.”

The plan requires good public oversight of all law enforcement activities and guarantees that refugees are assured a fair legal process, which speaks in favour of keeping guard duties over those held in custody within the agency's own personnel rather than contracting with private security companies. The plan generally wants to remove commercial actors from publicly funded activities and apply the principle of public access where this applies. However, the question of guard assignments is not addressed.

• oversight of law enforcement activitiesdecisive»Det ska finnas god medborgerlig insyn i all rättskipande och rättsvårdande verksamhet« (party programme ↗)“There shall be good public oversight of all judicial and law enforcement activities”
• legal certainty in asylum processing»flyktingar ska garanteras en rättssäker asylprocess i Sverige.« (party programme ↗)“refugees shall be guaranteed a fair asylum process in Sweden.”
• scepticism toward commercial providers»Vi vill därför få bort de kommersiellt inriktade aktörerna och i stället främja idéburna verksamheter inom välfärdssektorn.« (party programme ↗)“We therefore want to remove commercially oriented actors and instead promote idea-driven activities within the welfare sector.”
• public access with public funding»Meddelarfrihet och offentlighetsprincipen ska gälla alla offentligt finansierade välfärdstjänster.« (party programme ↗)“Freedom of information and the principle of public access shall apply all publicly funded welfare services.”

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 party programme establishes that the state is the only entity in society that may exercise coercion and violence and that this power must be subject to control. Supervision of detainees is such coercion, which supports the counter-proposal's requirement that the task is primarily performed by the authority's own personnel. The plan's requirement that the state performs its mission efficiently and securely points in the same direction.

• the state's monopoly on forcedecisive»Staten är den enda enheten i samhället som får utöva tvång och våld. Därför måste den makt som staten utövar vara föremål för kontroll.« (party programme ↗)“The state is the only entity in society that may exercise coercion and violence. Therefore, the power the state exercises must be subject to control.”
• efficient and secure state»Centerpartiets uppgift är att se till att staten gör det den är till för, så effektivt och rättssäkert som möjligt« (party programme ↗)“The Centre Party's task is to ensure that the state does what it is meant to do, as efficiently and securely as possible”
• requirements of the rule of law»Rättsstaten och individens rättigheter gentemot staten måste försvaras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The rule of law and the individual's rights against the state must be defended.”
• cost-effectiveness»Politiken ska hushålla med skattebetalarnas pengar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Policy must be a good steward of taxpayers' money.”

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 establishes that it is only the state that shall combat crime and be responsible for a functioning legal order, which speaks for guarding of detained persons being carried out by the authority's own personnel. It moreover wants to strengthen supervision of authorities' exercise of power against individuals and strengthen the rule of law. The counter-proposal's demand that exercise of authority be retained within the authority therefore follows from the plan's principles.

• state's responsibility for legal orderdecisive»men det är endast staten som ska bekämpa brott och ansvara för en fungerande« (party programme ↗)“but it is only the state that shall combat crime and be responsible for a functioning”
• supervision of exercise of power»Tillsynen över myndigheternas maktutövning mot enskilda behöver utvecklas genom starka« (party programme ↗)“Supervision of authorities' exercise of power against individuals needs to be developed through strong”
• strengthened rule of law»Rättssäkerheten och skyddet för de medborgerliga fri- och rättigheterna behöver förstärkas.« (party programme ↗)“The rule of law and protection of civil liberties and rights needs to be strengthened.”
• efficient legal system»Rättsväsendets förmåga och effektivitet behöver förbättras så att« (party programme ↗)“The legal system's capacity and efficiency need to be improved so that”

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 draws a clear line: it is the public activities that are not authority exercise that should be competitively procured. Guarding of detained persons outside the police custody unit is authority exercise, which according to that principle shall be carried out by the authority's own personnel. The plan furthermore emphasizes legal certainty in the asylum process and cost monitoring, which further speaks for the counter-proposal's demands.

• authority exercise not competitively procureddecisive»Övrig offentlig verksamhet, som inte är myndighetsutövning, bör« (party programme ↗)“Other public activities, that are not authority exercise, should”
• competitive procurement of other activities»upphandlas i konkurrens.« (party programme ↗)“be competitively procured.”
• legal certainty in migration matters»För den som söker asyl i Sverige måste hela processen vara utformad så att rättssäkerhet garanteras den« (party programme ↗)“For those who seek asylum in Sweden the entire process must be designed so that legal certainty is guaranteed to the”
• cost monitoring»Utvärdering, kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll är därför viktiga politiska« (party programme ↗)“Evaluation, cost monitoring and quality control are therefore important political”

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 monitoring of detainees outside the facility to be performed by the agency's own personnel instead of security guards. The plan's principle is the opposite: tasks should be streamlined and work that others can do as well should not be performed by the state, which the plan concretises by moving secondary tasks away from the police. The plan prioritises that the agency's core tasks are accomplished, not that it performs all monitoring itself.

• others than the state can performdecisive»Om något kan göras lika bra eller bättre av« (party programme ↗)“If something can be done as well or better by”
• streamlined agency roles(2022 manifesto)
• focus on core task»Renodla Polisens uppdrag med fokus på att upptäcka, utreda och klara upp brott« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Streamline the Police's role with focus on detecting, investigating and solving crimes”
• capacity in return work»Kraftigt öka antalet utvisningar genom fler EU-gemensamma återtagandeavtal« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly increase the number of removals through more EU-wide return agreements”

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The party programme states that what matters most is not who performs a task but that it is performed for the greatest benefit at the lowest cost. The plan is moreover explicitly open to complementing the police organization with security guards with expanded authority. Requiring that the guarding of detained persons be performed by the authority's own personnel would tie up resources that the plan would rather use for more executed deportations.

• pragmatic view of providersdecisive»Det viktigaste för oss är i de flesta fall inte vem som utför en specifik uppgift utan att uppgiften utförs på ett sätt som renderar medborgarna största möjliga nytta till lägsta möjliga kostnad.« (party programme ↗)“What matters most for us is in most cases not who performs a specific task but that the task is performed in a way that provides citizens the greatest possible benefit at the lowest possible cost.”
• security guards as complement»Fler vägar in i polisyrket behöver också utredas liksom om det är möjligt att komplettera den befintliga polisorganisationen med att anställa ordningsvakter med utvidgade befogenheter och ändamålsenlig utrustning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More pathways into police work should also be explored, as well as whether it is possible to complement the existing police organization by employing security guards with expanded authority and appropriate equipment.”
• more efficient enforcement»Trösklarna för att ta i förvar och utvisa personer samt verkställa utvisningar behöver också sänkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The thresholds for taking into custody and deporting people and enforcing deportations also need to be lowered.”
• more controls and deportations»Bekämpa skuggsamhället och illegal migration med fler kontroller och fler utvisningar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat the shadow economy and illegal migration with more controls and more deportations”