2024-05-152023/24:JuU29 · p.5JuUJustice
Intensive supervision with electronic monitoring
What's at stake: An expansion could relieve a prison and probation service facing overcrowding and a shortage of places, and give more convicted people better prospects for relapse-prevention efforts, but it also touches on trade-offs around how sentences are served and the level of control involved.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the possibility of intensive supervision with electronic monitoring (an ankle tag) should be expanded for people convicted of less serious offences, or whether the current scope should remain unchanged.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee welcomes the government's strategy against organized crime but sees no reason in this context to specifically call on the government to expand intensive supervision with electronic monitoring, and therefore rejects the motions.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 5 (V, C, MP)
The reservation (V, C, MP) wants to expand the possibility of intensive supervision with electronic monitoring (an ankle tag) for people convicted of less serious offences, in order to relieve the shortage of places and overcrowding within the Prison and Probation Service and give better prospects for successful relapse-prevention work.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 5 by V, C, MP.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
What each plan points to — and how the party voted
For each party: the vote its own election manifesto and party programme point to in this case, next to how the party actually voted. A plan can only point to Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| Plan | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | No 0/21/0/3 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| S | No | Yes 93/0/0/13 | departs from the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
| MP | No | No 0/16/0/2 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | No 0/19/0/5 | follows the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 14/0/0/2 | departs from the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
| KD | No | Yes 17/0/0/2 | departs from the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
| M | Yes | Yes 60/0/0/8 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| SD | Yes | Yes 61/0/0/11 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | derived |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects motions 2023/24:436 by Gudrun Nordborg et al. (V) demand 2, 2023/24:2484 by Ulrika Liljeberg et al. (C) demand 18, 2023/24:2669 by Märta Stenevi et al. (MP) demand 120 and 2023/24:2820 by Rasmus Ling et al. (MP) demand 8.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2023/24:436 av Gudrun Nordborg m.fl. (V) yrkande 2, 2023/24:2484 av Ulrika Liljeberg m.fl. (C) yrkande 18, 2023/24:2669 av Märta Stenevi m.fl. (MP) yrkande 120 och 2023/24:2820 av Rasmus Ling m.fl. (MP) yrkande 8.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag has addressed a dispatch from the government on a national strategy against organized crime. The aim of the strategy is to clarify the direction of work against organized crime and reduce the vulnerabilities that crime exploits. The government identifies five goals to guide the work: Stop criminal careers, for example counteracting the recruitment of young people into crime. Reduce access to illegal weapons and explosives, for example by improving efforts against smuggling. Dismantle the criminal economy, for example preventing the misuse of public funds. Build resilience against unauthorized and improper influence, for example by developing a new action plan against corruption. Ensure reliable identities and effective information provision, for example by improving opportunities to exchange information. The Riksdag placed the dispatch on record, that is, concluded the case. The Riksdag also rejected proposals in motions, of which eight are from the general motion period 2023.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants the government to introduce early preventive social measures and inter-agency collaboration in vulnerable areas. (V, C, MP) — Reservation 5
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The plan demands that punishment and sanctions be designed so that they actually lead to lower crime and do not worsen problems, and it rejects repression as the main answer.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan demands that punishment and sanctions be designed so that they actually lead to lower crime and do not worsen problems, and it rejects repression as the main answer. Extended intensive monitoring instead of imprisonment for less serious crime is such a sanction, with better conditions for crime prevention work. The counter-proposal's demands therefore lie in line with the plan.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att straff och påföljder utformas så att de faktiskt leder till lägre brottslighet och inte förvärrar problem, och den avvisar repression som huvudsvar. Utökad intensivövervakning i stället för anstalt vid mindre allvarlig brottslighet är en sådan påföljd, med bättre förutsättningar för återfallsförebyggande arbete. Motförslagets krav ligger därför i linje med planen.
- sanctions should reduce crimedecisive»Straff och andra påföljder för brott behöver vara noggrant« (party programme ↗)“Punishment and other sanctions for crime need to be carefully”
- avoid counterproductive punishments»utformade för att faktiskt leda till lägre brottslighet och inte förvärra« (party programme ↗)“designed to actually lead to lower crime and not worsen”
- 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 ↗)“All too often repression and harder action are raised as solutions instead of seriously addressing the problems.”
- considered view of humanity»Vägen till ett samhälle med låg brottslighet går genom en genomtänkt« (party programme ↗)“The path to a society with low crime goes through a considered”
The plan's sentence enhancements are explicitly directed at gang-related and repeated serious crime, while the party programme emphasizes that the best long-term crime prevention is preventive and that society at the same time must react clearly against crime.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan's sentence enhancements are explicitly directed at gang-related and repeated serious crime, while the party programme emphasizes that the best long-term crime prevention is preventive and that society at the same time must react clearly against crime. Electronic monitoring at less serious crime combines a clear response with better recidivism prevention work. The plan does not address enforcement forms, hence low confidence.
Original (Swedish)
Planens straffskärpningar riktas uttryckligen mot gängrelaterad och upprepad allvarlig brottslighet, medan partiprogrammet betonar att den långsiktigt bästa brottsbekämpningen är förebyggande och att samhället samtidigt tydligt måste reagera mot brott. Fotboja vid mindre allvarlig brottslighet förenar en tydlig reaktion med bättre återfallsförebyggande arbete. Planen berör inte verkställighetsformer, därav låg säkerhet.
- enhancements targeted at serious crimedecisive»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 sharpen sentences among other things for gang-related crime, for those who commit repeated and serious crime and for those who support organised crime.”
- prevention before incarceration»Men den långsiktigt bästa brottsbekämpningen är att bygga ett samhälle där de sociala« (party programme ↗)“But the best long-term crime prevention is to build a society where the social”
- clear response to crime»Samhället måste reagera tydligt mot brott och regelöverträdelser.« (party programme ↗)“Society must react clearly against crime and breaches of regulations.”
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 criminal sanctions have both a crime-prevention and a rehabilitative purpose and that criminal care shall be humane with the goal that the convicted does not reoffend.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan establishes that criminal sanctions have both a crime-prevention and a rehabilitative purpose and that criminal care shall be humane with the goal that the convicted does not reoffend. Extended intensive monitoring with electronic tagging for less serious crime serves precisely that purpose and is in line with the plan already advocating for electronic tagging as a tool. The plan also wants to see transitional release after completed sentence.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att brottspåföljder har både ett brottsförebyggande och ett rehabiliterande syfte och att kriminalvården ska vara human med målet att den dömde inte återfaller. Utökad intensivövervakning med fotboja vid mindre allvarlig brottslighet tjänar just det syftet och ligger i linje med att planen redan förordar fotboja som verktyg. Planen vill dessutom se utslussning efter avtjänat straff.
- rehabilitative sanctionsdecisive»Brottspåföljder har både ett brottsförebyggande och ett rehabiliterande syfte.« (party programme ↗)“Criminal sanctions have both a crime-prevention and a rehabilitative purpose.”
- humane criminal care»Kriminalvård ska vara human och ha som mål att den som dömts inte ska återfalla i kriminalitet.« (party programme ↗)“Criminal care shall be humane and have as its goal that the convicted shall not reoffend.”
- electronic tagging as a tool»att våldsutsatta kvinnor som tvingas gömma sig ska få starkare skydd och att fler som utövar våld ska få fotboja.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“that women exposed to violence who are forced to hide themselves shall receive stronger protection and that more who perpetrate violence shall receive electronic tagging.”
- transitional release after sentence»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 sentence for closed youth care and strengthen care measures and education while the young person is deprived of liberty, and introduce transitional release when the sentence is completed.”
The plan is open to electronic tagging being used in more cases and states that criminal policy shall stimulate those who have committed crime to a new life situation without criminal conduct.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan is open to electronic tagging being used in more cases and states that criminal policy shall stimulate those who have committed crime to a new life situation without criminal conduct. Expanded intensive supervision for less serious crime serves the recidivism prevention purpose and relieves a strained correctional service that the plan wishes to provide resources to. Simultaneously, the plan advocates stricter punishment, which makes the conclusion uncertain.
Original (Swedish)
Planen är öppen för att elektronisk fotboja används i fler fall och slår fast att kriminalpolitiken ska stimulera den som begått brott till en ny livssituation utan brottslighet. Utökad intensivövervakning vid mindre allvarlig brottslighet tjänar det återfallsförebyggande syftet och avlastar en trängd kriminalvård som planen vill tillföra resurser. Samtidigt förespråkar planen strängare straff, vilket gör slutsatsen osäker.
- expanded use of electronic taggingdecisive»Vi vill att elektronisk fotboja används i fler fall vid kontaktförbud« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want electronic tagging to be used in more cases with contact bans”
- recidivism prevention criminal policy»stimulera dem som har begått olagliga handlingar till en ny livssituation utan brottslighet.« (party programme ↗)“stimulate those who have committed illegal acts to a new life situation without criminal conduct.”
- resources to the correctional service»mer resurser till polis, åklagare, domstolar och kriminalvården och strängare straff« (2022 manifesto ↗)“more resources to police, prosecutors, courts and the correctional service and stricter punishment”
- prevention and deterrence»Kriminalpolitiken ska därför både förebygga och avskräcka från brott, stödja brottsdrabbade« (party programme ↗)“Criminal policy should therefore both prevent and deter from crime, support crime victims”
The plan explicitly accepts extensive limitations in geographical freedom of movement as a tool against convicted persons, and its socially liberal criminal justice policy combines crime-fighting with criminal care that gives the individual prerequisites to break from a criminal lifestyle.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly accepts extensive limitations in geographical freedom of movement as a tool against convicted persons, and its socially liberal criminal justice policy combines crime-fighting with criminal care that gives the individual prerequisites to break from a criminal lifestyle. This supports expanded electronic monitoring with minor serious crime. The plan's demands for hardening are directed at lifestyle criminals and serious crime, not at lighter crimes, which is why the lines do not collide.
Original (Swedish)
Planen accepterar uttryckligen omfattande begränsningar i den geografiska rörelsefriheten som verktyg mot dömda, och dess socialliberala rättspolitik förenar brottsbekämpning med en kriminalvård som ger individen förutsättningar att bryta med en kriminell livsstil. Det talar för utökad fotboja vid mindre allvarlig brottslighet. Planens skärpningskrav riktas mot livsstilskriminella och grov brottslighet, inte mot lindrigare brott, vilket gör att linjerna inte kolliderar.
- movement restrictions as tooldecisive»Förövarna ska genomgå behandling samt kunna åläggas omfattande begränsningar i den geografiska rörelsefriheten.« (party programme ↗)“Offenders shall undergo treatment and be subject to extensive limitations in geographical freedom of movement.”
- recidivism-preventing criminal care»En socialliberal rättspolitik förenar brottsbekämpning med ett brett förebyggande arbete samt med en kriminalvård som ger individen förutsättningar att bryta med en kriminell livsstil.« (party programme ↗)“A socially liberal criminal justice policy combines crime-fighting with broad preventive work and with criminal care that gives the individual prerequisites to break from a criminal lifestyle.”
- detention for lifestyle criminals»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 on our streets.”
- expanded criminal care capacity»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 prisons with more correctional officers.”
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.
Individual crime prevention shall, according to the plan, encompass a diversity of measures, and community service shall always be considered in the first place as a sanction for young people, which shows that the plan accepts sanctions outside prison for less serious crime.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
Individual crime prevention shall, according to the plan, encompass a diversity of measures, and community service shall always be considered in the first place as a sanction for young people, which shows that the plan accepts sanctions outside prison for less serious crime. Extended electronic monitoring is such a measure that at the same time provides better conditions for reintegration. The election manifesto's response to the bed shortage is, however, a greatly expanded criminal justice system, which makes the support uncertain.
Original (Swedish)
Individualpreventionen ska enligt planen innefatta en mångfald av insatser, och samhällstjänst ska alltid övervägas i första hand som påföljd för unga, vilket visar att planen accepterar påföljder utanför anstalt vid mindre allvarlig brottslighet. Utökad fotboja är en sådan insats som samtidigt ger bättre förutsättningar för återanpassning. Valmanifestets svar på platsbristen är dock en kraftigt utbyggd kriminalvård, vilket gör stödet osäkert.
- diversity of recidivism-prevention measuresdecisive»Individualpreventionen, det vill säga avsikten att avhålla från nya brott, ska innefatta en mångfald av insatser från samhällets sida.« (party programme ↗)“Individual crime prevention, that is, the intention to prevent new crimes, shall encompass a diversity of measures from society.”
- alternative sanction before prison»Samhällstjänst ska alltid övervägas i första hand som påföljd för ungdomar som begått brott.« (party programme ↗)“Community service shall always be considered in the first place as a sanction for young people who have committed crime.”
- greatly expanded criminal justice system»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 expanded. More police require more prosecutors, courts in more places in the country, and a greatly expanded criminal justice system.”
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's answer to overcrowding in remand prisons and prisons is more prison places, not fewer inmates: the number of places shall increase and the possibility of renting places abroad is considered.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan's answer to overcrowding in remand prisons and prisons is more prison places, not fewer inmates: the number of places shall increase and the possibility of renting places abroad is considered. The basic line is that criminals shall be in prison and that sentence discounts are removed. Electronic monitoring is in the plan as an additional long-term surveillance, not as a replacement for imprisonment for minor crimes.
Original (Swedish)
Planens svar på trängseln i häkten och anstalter är fler fängelseplatser, inte färre intagna: antalet platser ska öka och möjligheten att hyra platser utomlands ses över. Grundlinjen är att brottslingarna ska sitta inne och att straffrabatter tas bort. Fotboja finns i planen som en tillkommande långtidsövervakning, inte som ersättning för fängelse vid lindrigare brott.
- more prison placesdecisive»Öka antalet fängelseplatser och se över möjligheten att hyra fängelseplatser utomlands« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase the number of prison places and consider the possibility of renting prison places abroad”
- criminals shall be in prison»Där du kan vara trygg när du är ute, för att brottslingarna sitter inne.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Where you can be safe when you are out, because criminals are in prison.”
- no sentence discounts»Ta bort alla straffrabatter för den som fyllt 18 år och slopa dagens mängdrabatter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove all sentence discounts for those who have reached 18 and abolish today's quantity discounts”
- electronic monitoring as an addition»Införa en helt ny möjlighet till långtidsövervakning med fotboja« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a completely new possibility for long-term monitoring with electronic monitoring”
The plan reshapes criminal policy towards zero tolerance and incapacitation, demands that the entire sentence be served before conditions for release can be set, and wants to solve the prison capacity shortage through more prison places in and outside Sweden.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan reshapes criminal policy towards zero tolerance and incapacitation, demands that the entire sentence be served before conditions for release can be set, and wants to solve the prison capacity shortage through more prison places in and outside Sweden. Expanding electronic monitoring instead for those sentenced for less serious crime is the opposite of that approach.
Original (Swedish)
Planen lägger om kriminalpolitiken mot nolltolerans och inkapacitering, kräver att hela strafftiden avtjänas innan villkor för frigivning kan ställas och vill lösa platsbristen genom fler anstaltsplatser i och utanför Sverige. Att i stället utöka fotboja för dem som döms för mindre allvarlig brottslighet är motsatsen till den linjen.
- incapacitation as foundationdecisive»Sveriges kriminalpolitik behöver helt läggas om för att bygga på nolltolerans och inkapacitering.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Swedish criminal policy needs to be completely reshaped to be based on zero tolerance and incapacitation.”
- more prison places»Utöka tillgången på anstaltsplatser i och utanför Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Expand the supply of prison places in and outside Sweden”
- entire sentence served»hela strafftiden ska tjänas av innan villkor kan ställas för frigivning för den som döms till fängelse« (2022 manifesto ↗)“the entire sentence should be served before conditions can be set for release for those sentenced to imprisonment”
- toughened sentences»Kraftigt höja straffen samt avskaffa mängdrabatten vid allvarliga brott mot person« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly increase sentences and abolish the quantity discount for serious crimes against persons”
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2023/24:JuU29)
- Committee report full text (HB01JuU29)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2023/24:2484 — Rättspolitik av Ulrika Liljeberg m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2023/24:2640 — Utgiftsområde 4 Rättsväsendet av Ardalan Shekarabi m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2023/24:2669 — Rättspolitik av Märta Stenevi m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2023/24:2820 — med anledning av skr. 2023/24:67 Motståndskraft och handlingskraft - en nationell strategi mot organiserad brottslighet av Rasmus Ling m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2023/24:2821 — med anledning av skr. 2023/24:67 Motståndskraft och handlingskraft - en nationell strategi mot organiserad brottslighet av Ulrika Liljeberg m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2023/24:436 — En modern kriminalvård av Gudrun Nordborg m.fl. (V)
- Regeringens skrivelse 2023/24:67 — Motståndskraft och handlingskraft - en nationell strategi mot organiserad brottslighet
Source: The Swedish Parliament