The question is whether children and young people sentenced to a custodial sanction for very serious crimes should be sentenced to prison under the responsibility of the Prison and Probation Service, instead of today's closed youth care, or whether closed youth care should be retained out of consideration for children's rights and their need for rehabilitation.
Committee proposal adopted, 306–21
Plan → Vote
»Vissa straff kan behöva höjas men mycket mer fokus måste riktas mot att förhindra rekryteringen av nya barn till gängkriminalitet.«“Some sentences may need to be increased but much more focus must be directed at preventing the recruitment of new children into gang crime.”prevention before repression · 2022 manifesto ↗
»Fokus på rehabilitering och återgång i samhället.«“Focus on rehabilitation and return to society.”rehabilitation over imprisonment · party programme ↗
»höja maxtiden för sluten ungdomsvård och förstärka vårdinsatser och utbildning under tiden den unge är frihetsberövad, samt införa en utslussningsverksamhet när straffet är avtjänat.«“raise the maximum time for closed youth care and reinforce care measures and education whilst the young person is deprived of liberty, and introduce a transition programme when the sentence has been served.”closed youth care with care · 2022 manifesto ↗
»Samhällets aktörer ska inta individens perspektiv. Av största betydelse är då barnens rättigheter och perspektiv.«“Society's actors shall take the individual's perspective. Of paramount importance are then children's rights and perspective.”the child's rights foremost · party programme ↗
»Vi vill inrätta särskilda fängelser så att unga kriminella både kan få bättre vård under sitt straff och hållas undan äldre brottslingar.«“We want to establish special prisons so that young criminals both can receive better care during their sentence and be kept away from older offenders.”youth prisons · 2022 manifesto ↗
»Stärk sociala insatser och socialtjänstens möjligheter till tvingande åtgärder gentemot barn och unga som begår brott.«“Strengthen social measures and social services' possibilities for compulsory measures towards children and young people who commit crimes.”compulsory measures against young offenders · 2022 manifesto ↗
»Utreda sänkt straffmyndighetsålder och inrätta ungdomsfängelser«“Examine lowered criminal responsibility age and establish juvenile prisons”juvenile prisons · 2022 manifesto ↗
»Sänka straffmyndighetsåldern«“Lower the age of criminal responsibility”lowered age of criminal responsibility · 2022 manifesto ↗
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