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The fact that the Swedish Prison and Probation Service joins the crisis management staff means in practice shorter decision paths, greater powers and a concentration of resources, writes Martin Holmgren in DN debate.
In institutions, the occupancy rate exceeds 100 percent and in prisons the occupancy rate is just under 100 percent.
Among other things, this creates problems when inmates must be relocated in the event of disturbances. The greatest shortage of places is in the highest security class, class 1, where inmates who have been convicted of serious crimes and who are at increased risk of, among other things, violence, continued crime and escape are located .
That the lack of space is greatest within the highest security class is problematic, writes Martin Holmgren.
“The ability to complete the basic task threatened”
The Swedish Prison and Probation Service will be expanded with 2,000 new places over the next ten years, of which 1,400 are in institutions and 600 in detention centers.
The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has been informed of the increased funding to cope with the expansion. At the same time, the mission of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service is growing in various ways, writes Martin Holmgren.
“The situation is now under such pressure that our ability to complete the basic task is threatened,” writes Martin Holmgren in DN Debatt.
