Sweden set to rent cells in Estonian jails as it runs out of room for its prisoners

Centre-right government rejects long-established national policies focused on rehabilitation and reintegrationSweden is moving away from criminal rehabilitation in favour of US-style mass incarceration, experts have said, as the country prepares to rent places in Estonian jails to help house its rapidly expanding prison population.The move to outsource prison places is one of a slew of policies aimed at transforming the Swedish criminal justice system as the centre-right government struggles to tackle gang violence and prisons warn of overcrowding. Continue reading...

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