Renting prison places abroad was a key component of the Tidö Agreement, the aim of which was to remedy the shortage of places ...

Sweden will send up to 600 criminals to serve their sentences in an Estonian prison under an agreement announced by the government on Wednesday aimed at reducing pressure on the country's overcrowded ...

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To help reduce its 141% occupancy rate in incarceration facilities, Stockholm plans to transfer between 400 and 600 prisoners ...

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For Swedish offenders, the Estonian state plans to use the S-Wing of Tartu Prison, which has approximately 350 places across ...

"Sweden's prison system .. is under tremendous pressures and in that situation needs a plan for expansion to deal with that." Sweden will pay 8,500 euros ($9,680) a month per inmate, a saving on ...

Sweden said Wednesday it had reached an agreement with Estonia to rent prison cells for up to 600 prisoners who could serve ...

Sweden to Hire Prison Cells in Estonia for up to 600 Inmates STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden will send up to 600 criminals to serve their sentences in an Estonian prison under an agreement announced ...