Use of electronic communication services while serving secure youth care at a special youth home

The counter-proposal restricts the limitation of young people's communication to the highest security level instead of allowing it for all. The plan establishes that everyone has the right to a broad private sphere and that growing surveillance must be countered, and warns against lifting repression instead of preventive measures. A narrower restriction therefore lies closer to the plan, but this does not address secure youth care.

• protection of privacyweak support»Alla människor har rätt till en bred privat sfär« (party programme ↗)“All people have the right to a broad private sphere”
• the child's best interests firstdecisive»Vänsterpartiets politik ska utformas så att barnens bästa kommer i första rummet.« (party programme ↗)“The Left Party's politics must be designed so that the child's best interests come first.”
• restraint with repression»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 measures are raised as solutions instead of tackling the problems seriously.”
• prevention before harsher measures»Vissa straff kan behöva höjas men mycket mer fokus måste riktas mot att förhindra rekryteringen av nya barn till gängkriminalitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Some penalties may need to be raised but much more focus must be directed at preventing the recruitment of new children to gang crime.”

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The counter-proposal wishes to limit the rule on controlled communication to the highest security level, that is, weaker control for others. The plan's bearing commitment is that the fight against crime shall be uncompromising and that the recruitment of young people into gangs shall be stopped, which speaks for the control applying generally during closed youth care. The child's best interests weigh against this, but the plan gives no support for a level limitation.

• uncompromising crime-fightingdecisive»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime shall be uncompromising.”
• stop new recruitment»Ingen ung ska bli kriminell. Nyrekryteringen måste stoppas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“No young person should become criminal. New recruitment must be stopped.”
• cut off the replenishment»Samhällets fulla kraft ska mobiliseras för att trycka tillbaka de kriminella, kapa återväxten in i kriminaliteten och öka tryggheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society's full force shall be mobilised to push back the criminals, cut off the replenishment into crime and increase security.”
• children's rights are weighed in»Alla barn ska ha rätt till en trygg uppväxt i enlighet med FN:s barnkonvention.« (party programme ↗)“All children shall have the right to a safe upbringing in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.”

The plan requires humane criminal care with a focus on preventing reoffending and wants to strengthen care services and education during the time the young person is deprived of liberty, which presupposes contact with the outside world. The plan also opposes laws that involve disproportionate intrusions on privacy. Limiting the communication rule to the highest security level, as the counter-proposal wants, is the more proportionate arrangement according to the plan.

• humane criminal caredecisive»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 aim to prevent those convicted from reoffending.”
• care and education during deprivation of liberty»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 time for closed youth care and strengthen care services and education during the time the young person is deprived of liberty, as well as introduce a reintegration programme when the sentence is served.”
• proportionality in intrusions»Vi motsätter oss alla lagar som innebär oproportionerliga ingrepp i integriteten.« (party programme ↗)“We oppose all laws that involve disproportionate intrusions on privacy.”

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 demands that any restriction on the individual's integrity be proportionate to the law's purpose and that individuals' rights against the state are defended. Limiting the rule on communication with only one person to the highest security level is exactly such a proportionate restriction, rather than a general restriction for all young people in closed youth care. The plan's criminal policy line that the person who has committed a crime should be stimulated towards a new life situation also speaks for preserved contacts with the outside world.

• proportionate integrity measuresdecisive»Det måste finnas en proportionalitet mellan lagstiftningens inskränkning av medborgarnas integritet och lagarnas syfte.« (party programme ↗)“There must be proportionality between legislation's restriction of citizens' integrity and the laws' purpose.”
• individuals' rights against the state»Rättsstaten och individens rättigheter gentemot staten måste försvaras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The rule of law and individuals' rights against the state must be defended.”
• the child's perspective»Av största betydelse är då barnens rättigheter och perspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Of utmost importance is then the rights and perspective of children.”
• resettlement after crime»stimulera dem som har begått olagliga handlingar till en ny livssituation utan brottslighet.« (party programme ↗)“stimulate those who have committed unlawful acts to a new life situation without crime.”

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 states that measures negatively affecting personal integrity are only justified when an opposing interest weighs clearly more heavily and the measure is effective, which speaks for a general communication restriction instead to be tied to the highest security level. The plan also requires individual follow-up of all those in closed youth care and a criminal justice system that provides the prerequisites to break away from a criminal lifestyle. The question of security levels is not addressed, so the conclusion is derived.

• proportionality in coercive measuresdecisive»Åtgärder som påverkar den personliga integriteten negativt är endast berättigade om ett motstående intresse väger uppenbart tyngre och åtgärden är effektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Measures that negatively affect personal integrity are only justified if an opposing interest weighs clearly more heavily and the measure is effective.”
• individual assessment in youth care»Kvaliteten på den slutna ungdomsvården ska förbättras och alla intagna garanteras individuell uppföljning.« (party programme ↗)“The quality of closed youth care shall be improved and all those held shall be guaranteed individual follow-up.”
• rehabilitative criminal policy»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 policy combines crime control with broad preventive work as well as with criminal justice that gives the individual the prerequisites to break away from a criminal lifestyle.”
• reintegration as goal»Målet med tiden i fängelse är att den intagne efter avtjänat straff ska ha bättre förutsättningar att klara ett liv i frihet.« (party programme ↗)“The goal of time in prison is that the prisoner after serving their sentence shall have better prerequisites to manage a life in freedom.”

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 wants to strengthen the social services' possibilities for coercive measures against children and young people who commit crimes and to break gangs' recruitment of young people. Limiting the rule on controlled communication to only the highest security level weakens the protection against continued criminal activity that the plan seeks, since penalties according to the programme should also protect society. That contact with a person is still allowed provides for the child's right to parental contact.

• coercive measures against young offendersdecisive»Stärk sociala insatser och socialtjänstens möjligheter till tvingande åtgärder gentemot barn och unga som begår brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen social measures and the social services' possibilities for coercive measures against children and young people who commit crimes.”
• penalties shall protect society»Påföljder för brott ska tjäna flera ändamål: de ska avhålla förövarna från nya brott och de ska avskräcka andra från liknande handlingar samt skydda samhället mot övergrepp och andra destruktiva handlingar.« (party programme ↗)“Penalties for crime shall serve multiple purposes: they shall prevent offenders from committing new crimes and deter others from similar actions and protect society against abuse and other destructive actions.”
• break gangs' recruitment of young people»Beslagta kriminellas statussymboler och bekämpa på så sätt negativa förebilder som rekryterar unga in i gängkriminalitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Seize criminals' status symbols and thereby combat negative role models that recruit young people into gang criminality.”
• children's right to parental contact»Barn behöver och har rätt till kontakt med båda sina föräldrar.« (party programme ↗)“Children need and have the right to contact with both their parents.”

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The plan's core rationale for incarceration is that those inside cannot commit new crimes or recruit more young people into criminality, and it wants to explicitly restrict criminals' access to leave and remissions. Restricting communication restrictions to only security level 1 would open contact channels for others serving closed youth care. That goes against the plan's line.

• prevent recruitment from withindecisive»På kort sikt är den mest effektiva brottsförebyggande åtgärden att sätta fler gängkriminella i fängelse. Där kan de inte begå fler brott och inte rekrytera in fler ungdomar och barn in i kriminalitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In the short term, the most effective crime prevention measure is to incarcerate more gang criminals. They cannot commit more crimes there and cannot recruit more young people and children into criminality.”
• restrictive enforcement»Begränsa möjligheterna till permission och villkorlig frigivning för gängkriminella« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Restrict access to leave and conditional release for gang criminals”
• clear consequences for young people»Utreda sänkt straffmyndighetsålder och inrätta ungdomsfängelser« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Investigate lowering the age of criminal liability and establish youth prisons”
• recidivism risk justifies restrictions»Se till att fler unga lagöverträdare häktas när det rör sig om allvarliga brott och det finns risk för återfall« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure that more young offenders are remanded when it comes to serious crimes and there is risk of reoffending”

The plan bases criminal policy on zero tolerance and incapacitation and wants to enable social services, schools and the justice system to intervene more forcefully against young people in criminal environments. To limit the rule on communication via approved equipment to only the highest security level would be a loosening of control over those serving closed youth detention and thus goes against the plan.

• firmer intervention against young people in crimedecisive»Ge socialtjänst, skola och rättsväsende möjlighet att ingripa med tuffare tag i ett tidigt skede« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give social services, schools and the justice system the opportunity to intervene with firmer action at an early stage.”
• incapacitation as foundation»Sveriges kriminalpolitik behöver helt läggas om för att bygga på nolltolerans och inkapacitering.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden's criminal policy needs to be completely reorganized to be based on zero tolerance and incapacitation.”
• control of criminals' communication»Åtgärder ska vidtas för att bättre kunna kartlägga gängaktiva genom t.ex. underrättelsearbete och informationsinhämtning, spaning, kameraövervakning och avlyssning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Measures shall be taken to better map gang-active persons through e.g. intelligence work and information gathering, surveillance, camera surveillance and wiretapping.”
• stricter response to crime»Kraftigt höja straffen samt avskaffa mängdrabatten vid allvarliga brott mot person« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly raise penalties and abolish sentence reduction for serious crimes against persons.”