SUMMARY
Content
Foreword ..........................................................................................................................................................3
Specific abbreviations ......................................................................................................................................7
1 Summary ......................................................................................................................................................8
2 Remand ..................................................................................................................................................... 16
2.1 Preconditions to being held on remand .................................................................................. 16
2.2 The Prison and Probation Service’s remand prison operation.............................................. 17
2.3 An inmate has the right to associate with other inmates during the day .......................... 19
2.4 The right of association with other inmates can be limited by restrictions imposed
by a prosecutor ........................................................................................................................... 20
2.5 The Prison and Probation Service can deny an inmate the right of association
with other inmates ..................................................................................................................... 22
3 What is isolation? .................................................................................................................................... 24
4 What are the risks with isolation? ......................................................................................................... 26
5 Sweden has received international criticism of the conditions for inmates held on remand ........ 28
5.1 Sweden is being monitored by a variety of international bodies ......................................... 28
5.2 Criticism from the UN ............................................................................................................. 28
5.3 Criticism from the Council of Europe .................................................................................... 29
5.4 Measures taken following international criticism .................................................................. 31
6 Report from the National Council for Crime Prevention ................................................................. 34
6.1 National Council for Crime Prevention’s findings in brief .................................................. 34
6.2 National Council for Crime Prevention’s proposal for measures ........................................ 35
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