Ownership forms for the Prison and Probation Service's facilities

The plan demands that public essential services and infrastructure that have been privatized be taken back into public ownership, and the party programme establishes that public ownership shall be strong in key sectors such as infrastructure and housing production. That a public agency owns its own premises rather than being bound by long rental contracts with an external property owner aligns with this. The plan does not mention the Correctional Service's premises, so the position is derived from the ownership principle.

• reclaim privatized infrastructuredecisive»Det är hög tid att agera och ta tillbaka den samhällsviktiga verksamhet och infrastruktur som har privatiserats.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is high time to act and take back the public essential services and infrastructure that have been privatized.”
• strong public ownership in key sectors»är att samhällsägandet är starkt inom ekonomins nyckelsektorer:« (party programme ↗)“is that public ownership is strong within the economy's key sectors:”
• increase collective ownership»De gemensamt ägda företagens andel av ekonomin« (party programme ↗)“The share of collectively-owned companies in the economy”

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 says nothing about ownership forms for the Prison and Probation Service's premises. The closest principle is that democracy has priority over the market and that socially important facilities shall not be handed over to private ownership interests. Investigating state ownership instead of long rental contracts with external property owners is in line with that principle, but the position is entirely derived.

• democracy's prioritydecisive»Demokratin har därför företräde före marknaden.« (party programme ↗)“Democracy therefore has priority over the market.”
• no sell-off of socially important facilities»Inga akutsjukhus ska säljas ut.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“No acute hospitals shall be sold off.”
• limits to market logic»Vissa områden kommer dock aldrig att lämpa sig för marknadslogiken.« (party programme ↗)“Certain areas will, however, never be suitable for market logic.”

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 says nothing about ownership forms for authority premises. The closest guiding principle is that in certain cases there may be reasons for the state to own and operate activities, combined with the goal of humane criminal care that can adapt activities according to need. Based on this, there is no obstacle to investigating own ownership, but the basis is weak.

• public ownership can be justifieddecisive»eller en kommun att äga och driva affärsverksamheter.« (party programme ↗)“or a municipality to own and operate commercial activities.”
• humane criminal care»human och ha som mål att den som dömts inte ska« (party programme ↗)“humane and aim that the convicted shall not”

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 says nothing about ownership structures for government agencies' premises. The closest applicable principle is that private ownership gives self-determination and long-term thinking, and that tax funds should be used sparingly and the state perform its tasks as efficiently as possible. Based on this, the plan argues for trying an arrangement where the Prison and Probation Service owns its own premises.

• ownership gives long-term thinkingdecisive»Det ger dem större självbestämmande och utrymme att tänka långsiktigt.« (party programme ↗)“It gives them greater self-determination and room to think long-term.”
• economical with tax funds»Politiken ska hushålla med skattebetalarnas pengar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Policy shall be economical with taxpayers' money.”
• efficient state administration»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 with as much legal certainty as possible”

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 says nothing about ownership forms for the Correctional Service's premises. The closest principle is that the public should only operate commercial activities with a strong social interest and should not crowd out functioning private alternatives, which speaks against the state owning its facilities outright. The plan's demands in the area concern more prisons and jails, not who owns the properties.

• limited public ownershipdecisive»Det offentliga ska endast driva affärsverksamhet om det finns ett starkt samhällsintresse.« (party programme ↗)“The public should only operate commercial activities if there is a strong social interest.”
• not crowd out private alternatives»driva verksamheter som tränger ut fungerande privata alternativ« (party programme ↗)“operate activities that crowd out functioning private alternatives”
• more places, not new ownership form»fler häkten och fängelser med fler kriminalvårdare« (2022 manifesto ↗)“more prisons and jails with more correctional officers”

The plan says nothing about in what form the state shall dispose of criminal justice's facilities. The closest principle is the requirement for significantly expanded criminal justice together with the fact that monitoring and cost control are important political tasks; an investigation of the ownership form serves the adaptability that an expansion requires. The position is therefore derived from general commitments, not from an explicit position.

• expanded criminal justicedecisive»en kraftigt utbyggd kriminalvård« (2022 manifesto ↗)“significantly expanded criminal justice”
• monitoring and cost control»Utvärdering, kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll är därför viktiga politiska« (party programme ↗)“Evaluation, cost monitoring and quality control are therefore important political”
• the value of property rights»Rätten till egendom är en mänsklig rättighet« (party programme ↗)“The right to property is a human right”

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 says nothing about how the Prison and Probation Service's premises shall be owned. The closest principle is that the public shall not perform what someone else can do equally well, and the plan chooses the rental route itself when it wants to rent prison places abroad to quickly increase capacity. An arrangement where the agency itself owns its premises thereby falls outside the plan's approach.

• the public does not do everything itselfdecisive»Om något kan göras lika bra eller bättre av« (party programme ↗)“If something can be done as well or better by”
• more places, including rented»Öka antalet fängelseplatser och se över möjligheten att hyra fängelseplatser utomlands« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Increase the number of prison places and examine the possibility of renting prison places abroad”
• limited state ambition»En stat som sträcker ut långtgående ambitioner över alla« (party programme ↗)“A state that stretches far-reaching ambitions over everything”

The plan requires expanded access to prison places and a greatly upgraded justice system, which presupposes that the Prison and Probation Service can adapt its premises to need. The party programme counts the justice system among the central public functions that should be under state control and takes a pragmatic approach to ownership and operational forms. Investigating own ownership form for premises thus aligns with the plan, even though the plan does not address the ownership question directly. The Committee's reasoning regarding capacity work concerns the plan substantively.

• more prison placesdecisive»Utöka tillgången på anstaltsplatser i och utanför Sverige« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Expand access to prison places in and outside Sweden”
• justice system under state control»centrala samhällsfunktioner såsom rättsväsende, försvar och väsentliga delar av vår infrastruktur« (party programme ↗)“central public functions such as the justice system, defence and essential parts of our infrastructure”
• pragmatic view on operational form»pragmatiskt och resultatinriktat förhållningssätt« (party programme ↗)“pragmatic and results-oriented approach”
• upgraded justice system»Säkerställa satsningar för ett kraftigt upprustat rättsväsende« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure investments for a greatly upgraded justice system”