More prison and detention facility places

The plan establishes that resource shortage has created nearly inhumane conditions for the socially vital professions and that it is primarily resources that are needed, which addresses the consequences of overcrowding for detainees and staff. It also requires a functioning justice system and an effective exit program, that is, that work to prevent recidivism works. Support applies to the shortage of places and quality, not harsher measures as the way forward.

• resource shortage creates inhumane conditionsdecisive»Kombinationen av marknadslösningar, byråkrati och resursbrist har skapat närmast omänskliga villkor för de samhällsbärare vi inte klarar oss utan.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The combination of market solutions, bureaucracy and resource shortage has created almost inhumane conditions for the socially vital professions we cannot get along without.”
• recidivism prevention work»kamp mot tillgången till illegala skjutvapen och ett effektivt avhopparprogram, men framför allt med en kamp mot kriminalitetens djupare orsaker« (2022 manifesto ↗)“fight against access to illegal firearms and an effective exit program, but above all with a fight against the deeper causes of crime”
• functioning justice system»Utan ett väl fungerande rättsväsende undergrävs demokratin och den starkares rätt blir lag.« (party programme ↗)“Without a well-functioning justice system, democracy is undermined and the right of the strongest becomes law.”
• not harsher responses as a solution»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 responses are raised as solutions instead of seriously addressing the problems.”

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 makes the fight against crime uncompromising and wishes to stiffen penalties, which presupposes that the capacity in remand facilities and prisons is sufficient. Overcrowding that hits security and the recidivism prevention work therefore counteracts the plan's own direction. The plan also emphasizes that the causes of crime must be tackled in parallel with clear responses. However, there is no explicit commitment to the number of places.

• stiffened penaltiesdecisive»Skärpa straffen för att hålla de kriminella borta från gatorna.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stiffen penalties to keep criminals off the streets.”
• uncompromising crime prevention»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös. Samhällets fulla kraft ska mobiliseras för att trycka tillbaka de kriminella, kapa återväxten in i kriminaliteten och öka tryggheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime shall be uncompromising. Society's full force shall be mobilized to push back criminals, stem the flow into crime and increase security.”
• clear response to crime»Samhället måste reagera tydligt mot brott och regelöverträdelser.« (party programme ↗)“Society must respond clearly to crime and rule violations.”
• recidivism prevention work»Men den långsiktigt bästa brottsbekämpningen är att bygga ett samhälle där de sociala klyftorna är små, där alla har rätt till ett arbete och där barn och ungdomar har trygga uppväxtvillkor.« (party programme ↗)“But the best crime prevention in the long term is to build a society where social gaps are small, where everyone has the right to work and where children and young people have safe conditions for growing up.”

The plan binds the party to strengthening care and education during times of deprivation of liberty and to a humane criminal care whose goal is to prevent reoffending. Overcrowded prisons that impair reoffence prevention work thus contradict the plan's commitment. The counter-proposal's requirement that space shortage must not compromise safety or care quality follows directly from this, even though the plan does not speak about the number of places.

• care and education during deprivation of libertydecisive»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 ↗)“increase the maximum period for closed youth care and strengthen care and education during the time the young person is deprived of liberty, and introduce a transition activity when the sentence has been served.”
• humane criminal care against reoffending»human och ha som mål att den som dömts inte ska« (party programme ↗)“humane and aim that the person convicted shall not”
• prevention work is prioritized»storsatsa på det förebyggande arbetet i socioekonomiskt eftersatta områden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“make a major effort in prevention work in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas.”

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 explicitly promises more resources to prison services as part of the fight against gangs and that the entire justice chain shall be strengthened. Overcrowded prisons that worsen reoffending prevention work goes against the plan's view of criminal policy, which should both deter and lead offenders to a life without crime. The demand for quick action against prison overcrowding is therefore in line with the plan.

• more resources to prison servicesdecisive»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 shall not yield to gangs. To defeat them requires better measures that prevent recruitment, more resources to police, prosecutors, courts and prison services and tougher sentences.”
• reoffending-preventing criminal policy»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 shall therefore both prevent and deter from crime, support crime victims and encourage those who have committed illegal acts to a new life situation without crime.”
• strengthened justice chain»Vi behöver rusta Sveriges totalförsvar, stärka hela rättskedjan, satsa på förebyggande insatser och en likvärdig skola.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We need to strengthen Sweden's total defence, strengthen the entire justice chain, invest in preventive measures and an equivalent school.”

The election manifesto explicitly requires more detention facilities and prisons with more correctional officers and that lifestyle criminals be kept locked up instead of being released. The counter-proposal's demand for rapid action against overcrowding follows directly from this. Moreover, the party programme requires correctional services that give the individual the conditions to break with a criminal lifestyle, which is precisely what the shortage of places, according to the counter-proposal, undermines.

• more prison and detention placesdecisive»fler häkten och fängelser med fler kriminalvårdare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“more detention facilities and prisons with more correctional officers”
• longer incarceration»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.”
• recidivism-prevention correctional services»en kriminalvård som ger individen förutsättningar att bryta med en kriminell« (party programme ↗)“correctional services that give the individual conditions to break with a criminal”
• content in the execution»Intagna på fängelser ska erbjudas arbete, behandling och utbildning under strafftiden.« (party programme ↗)“Inmates in prisons shall be offered work, treatment, and education during their sentence.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The election manifesto explicitly requires a substantially expanded prison service as part of an expanded justice system, which directly supports the demand for rapid measures against overcrowding. The plan moreover presupposes that the prison service can conduct recidivism-prevention work and that the convicted person shall be able to return to society, something space shortage counteracts. Orderly and drug-free facilities presuppose adequate capacity.

• substantially expanded prison servicedecisive»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 substantially expanded prison service.”
• individual prevention»ska innefatta en mångfald av insatser från samhällets sida.« (party programme ↗)“shall include a variety of measures from society's side.”
• recidivism prevention»för att denne efter avtjänat straff ska kunna återinträda i samhället och inte återfalla i brottslighet.« (party programme ↗)“so that they after serving their sentence shall be able to return to society and not relapse into criminal activity.”
• orderly facility conditions»Alla anstalter ska vara drogfria.« (party programme ↗)“All facilities shall be drug-free.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The election manifesto establishes that overcrowding in remand prisons and institutions is untenable and that the number of prison places should increase, also by renting places abroad. The plan also counts on more people being deprived of liberty when police and prosecutors are expanded, which makes the capacity issue urgent. The counter-proposal's demand for swift action against overcrowding is therefore the plan's own line.

• more prison placesdecisive»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”
• overcrowding is untenable»Trängseln på landets häkten och anstalter börjar på många håll i landet bli ohållbar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Overcrowding in the country's remand prisons and institutions is beginning in many places to become untenable.”
• increased need for places follows from reforms»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 ↗)“Moderates' investments in the Police and prosecutors will in themselves lead to more people being deprived of liberty and more will serve prison sentences.”
• more criminals in prison»På kort sikt är den mest effektiva brottsförebyggande åtgärden att sätta fler gängkriminella i fängelse.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In the short term, the most effective crime prevention measure is to put more gang criminals in prison.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan explicitly requires expanded access to prison places both in and outside Sweden and substantial investments in police, prosecutors and prisons. Since criminal policy is to be reoriented to incarcerate criminals to a greater degree, prison capacity is a direct plan issue. The counter-proposal's demands for rapid measures against overcrowded prisons thereby align with the plan, and the plan addresses precisely the capacity issue the committee raises.

• more prison placesdecisive»Utöka tillgången på anstaltsplatser i och utanför Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Expand access to prison places both in 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 substantially increase sentences and make substantial investments in police, prosecutors and prisons.”
• incapacitation of criminals»Sverigedemokraterna vill lägga om kriminalpolitiken till att i högre grad låsa in och utvisa de kriminella som skapar otrygghet och begår brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats want to reorient criminal policy to incarcerate and deport criminals who create insecurity and commit crimes to a greater degree.”
• upgraded justice system»Säkerställa satsningar för ett kraftigt upprustat rättsväsende« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Secure investments for a substantially upgraded justice system”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.