Review of the Correctional Service's organisation and operations

The plan requires higher standards for the work environment and that employees in public activities get substantially expanded influence, because staff influence today is neglected and leads to discontent and worse service. A broad review that takes into account work environment, culture of silence, threats and violence plus staffing responds to precisely that. The plan does not mention the Prison Service, so support is inferred.

• higher work environment standardsdecisive»Vänsterpartiet arbetar för en förstärkt arbetsrätt som innebär tryggare anställningar, högre krav på arbetsmiljön och en starkare ställning för kollektivavtalen.« (party programme ↗)“The Left Party works for a strengthened right to work that means securer employment, higher standards for the work environment and a stronger position for collective agreements.”
• employee influence»De anställda i välfärden bör också få ett kraftigt utökat inflytande över verksamheterna de arbetar i.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Employees in welfare should also get substantially expanded influence over the activities they work in.”
• neglected employee influence»Personalens inflytande över den egna arbetssituationen är ofta eftersatt och leder till missnöje och sämre service.« (party programme ↗)“Staff influence over their own work situation is often neglected and leads to discontent and worse service.”
• listen to staff»Dessa samhällsbärare förtjänar att bli lyssnade på.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“These backbone workers deserve to be listened to.”

The plan demands that working conditions in socially essential activities reflect how central the jobs are, and the programme that work be organised so that everyone can feel secure in life and health and that employees' freedom of expression and disclosure not be restricted. A broad review aimed at working environment, culture of silence, threats and violence and recruitment in the prison service follows directly from these commitments.

• good conditions in socially essential jobsdecisive»Arbetsvillkoren i välfärden måste spegla hur centrala jobben är för att samhället ska fungera.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Working conditions in welfare must reflect how central the jobs are for society to function.”
• safe working environment»Det måste organiseras så att alla kan känna trygghet till liv« (party programme ↗)“It must be organised so that everyone can feel secure in life”
• against culture of silence»De anställdas yttrande- och meddelarfrihet får inte« (party programme ↗)“Employees' freedom of expression and disclosure must not”
• demanding work environments should be countered»hälsa i fysiskt eller psykiskt pressande arbetsmiljöer.« (party programme ↗)“health in physically or mentally demanding work environments”

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 all employees have the right to health promotion and a good physical and psychosocial work environment, and that freedom of information and the principle of public access shall apply to all publicly funded activities — which addresses reports about silence culture. It also wants to counteract centralization and strengthen employees' influence, and establishes that criminal justice shall be human and rehabilitative. A broad review of the agency's organization is thus supported.

• right to good work environmentdecisive»och respekterade. Alla har rätt till friskvård och en« (party programme ↗)“and respected. Everyone has the right to health promotion and a”
• freedom of information against silence culture»Meddelarfrihet och offentlighetsprincipen ska gälla« (party programme ↗)“Freedom of information and the principle of public access shall apply”
• against centralization»vill vi verka för decentralisering och stärka arbetstagarnas inflytande på sin arbetsplats.« (party programme ↗)“we want to work for decentralization and strengthen employees' influence in their workplace.”
• humane criminal justice»och ett rehabiliterande syfte. Kriminalvård ska vara« (party programme ↗)“and a rehabilitative purpose. Criminal justice shall be”

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 more resources to criminal care and that the person who has committed a crime is stimulated to a life without criminality, which presupposes a functioning organisation and working environment in the prisons. The counter-proposal's broad review of organisation, working environment and personnel supply serves that goal. The plan also wants to strengthen protection for those active in public administration, which addresses threats and violence in client-facing work.

• resources to criminal caredecisive»För att besegra dem krävs bättre insatser som förebygger nyrekrytering, mer resurser till polis, åklagare, domstolar och kriminalvården och strängare straff.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To defeat them requires better efforts that prevent new recruitment, more resources to police, prosecutors, courts and criminal care and stricter penalties.”
• crime prevention task»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 crime, support those affected by crime and stimulate those who have committed illegal acts to a new life situation without criminality.”
• protection for public servants»Vi ska stärka skyddet för personer verksamma bland annat i media, religiösa samfund och offentlig förvaltning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We shall strengthen protection for persons active among other things in media, religious communities and public administration.”

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 expand criminal care with more institutions and more correctional officers and simultaneously requires strong supervisory authorities for, among other things, criminal care and that the justice system's capacity and efficiency improve. A comprehensive review of the authority's organization, working environment and staffing serves those goals. However, the plan does not request a review in itself, so the conclusion is derived.

• expanded criminal 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 correctional officers.”
• strong supervision of criminal care»Tillsynen över myndigheternas maktutövning mot enskilda behöver utvecklas genom starka« (party programme ↗)“Supervision over authorities' exercise of power over individuals needs to be developed through strong”
• more efficient justice system»Rättsväsendets förmåga och effektivitet behöver förbättras så att« (party programme ↗)“The justice system's capacity and efficiency needs to improve so that”
• meaningful content during the sentence»Intagna på fängelser ska erbjudas arbete, behandling och utbildning under strafftiden.« (party programme ↗)“Prisoners shall be offered work, treatment and education during the sentence.”

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 demands powerful expansion of criminal care, and the party programme makes evaluation, cost monitoring and quality control important political tasks. Shortcomings in work environment, silence culture and staffing are also covered by the plan's demand that bullying in the workplace shall be actively countered. A broad review of the agency's organisation is therefore compatible with the plan.

• 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 legal system needs to be expanded. More police require more prosecutors, courts in more places in the country and significantly expanded criminal care.”
• evaluation and quality control»Utvärdering, kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll« (party programme ↗)“Evaluation, cost monitoring and quality control”
• counter silence culture»Mobbning på arbetsplatsen måste aktivt bekämpas.« (party programme ↗)“Bullying in the workplace must be actively countered.”

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 promises an efficiency office that shall go through all government authorities' finances to release resources, and states that public waste in all forms must be combated. The counter-proposal's demand for a broad review of an authority where head office has grown at the expense of facilities is directly in line with this. The plan also demands a substantially expanded prison system, which presupposes functioning staff supply. The plan therefore supports the demand.

• scrutiny of government authorities' financesdecisive»Inrätta ett effektiviseringskansli som ska gå inom alla myndigheters ekonomi för att frigöra resurser till försvaret« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish an efficiency office that shall go through all government authorities' finances to release resources to defence”
• combat public waste»Offentligt slöseri i alla former ska bekämpas.« (party programme ↗)“Public waste in all forms must be combated.”
• expanded prison system»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”
• prison system's core mission»Kriminalvårdens uppgift är att verkställa de straff som utdöms« (party programme ↗)“The prison system's task is to implement the sentences that are imposed”

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 the public sector suffers from poor leadership, weak financial management and wrong priorities, and demands that waste within government agencies be stopped and that the criminal justice system be strengthened. The counter-proposal's demand for a comprehensive review of the criminal justice administration's organization, where the headquarters has grown at the expense of the institutions and the work environment is deficient, is an application of these commitments. The plan also demands increased security and safety in working life.

• deficiencies in government agency managementdecisive»Den offentliga sektorn har dels problem med upphandlingar, ekonomistyrning och uppföljning, dels med bristande ledarskap och felaktiga prioriteringar som sammantaget leder till kostnader i multimiljardklass.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The public sector has problems both with procurement, financial management and monitoring, and with poor leadership and wrong priorities that together lead to costs in the multi-billion class.”
• stop government agency waste»Stoppa slöseriet inom myndigheterna och slå samman myndigheter« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop waste within government agencies and merge government agencies”
• strengthened criminal justice system»Säkerställa satsningar för ett kraftigt upprustat rättsväsende« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure investments for a massively strengthened criminal justice system”
• secure working environment»Öka tryggheten och säkerheten i arbetslivet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase security and safety in working life”

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.