https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed An online petition calling for the release of US rapper ASAP Rocky, detained in Sweden suspected of assault after a street brawl, has gained more than 470,000 signatories in 24 hours. https://www.thelocal.se/20190711/thousands-sign-petition-to-release-us-rapper-asap-rocky-from-swedish-custody Thu, 11 Jul 2019 10:00:28 +0200 thousands-sign-petition-to-release-us-rapper-asap-rocky-from-swedish-custody Sweden will start locking more murderers up for life, in a new proposal set to go before parliament this year. https://www.thelocal.se/20190605/swedish-laws-are-about-to-get-tougher-on-murder Wed, 05 Jun 2019 10:12:35 +0200 swedish-laws-are-about-to-get-tougher-on-murder Malmö ran out of lock-up space to hold suspected criminals remanded by courts for the first time in a decade. https://www.thelocal.se/20190219/malm-police-run-out-of-remand-cells-to-lock-up-suspects Tue, 19 Feb 2019 17:04:21 +0100 malm-police-run-out-of-remand-cells-to-lock-up-suspects Sweden's oldest murder convict will remain locked up after a court ruled there was a high risk of the 90-year-old killing again. https://www.thelocal.se/20181024/swedens-oldest-inmate-remains-locked-up-for-life Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:47:14 +0200 swedens-oldest-inmate-remains-locked-up-for-life Can cows help rehabilitate prisoners? That's what's being done at Rödjan in Mariestad, which was one of Sweden's first 'open prisons' when it opened in the 20s. https://www.thelocal.se/20180813/farm-animals-help-rehabilitate-prisoners-in-sweden Mon, 13 Aug 2018 09:53:08 +0200 farm-animals-help-rehabilitate-prisoners-in-sweden Inmates at a Swedish prison have reported the institution to Sweden's Justice Ombudsman because they are unhappy with the quality of the toilet paper, Swedish public broadcaster SVT reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20170816/swedish-prisoners-demand-better-toilet-paper Wed, 16 Aug 2017 09:52:39 +0200 swedish-prisoners-demand-better-toilet-paper Inmates at a Swedish prison have reported the institution to Sweden's Justice Ombudsman because they are not happy with the recreational activities on offer, including a lack of arts and crafts. https://www.thelocal.se/20161125/we-want-to-make-christmas-cards-swedish-prisoners-demand Fri, 25 Nov 2016 13:46:04 +0100 we-want-to-make-christmas-cards-swedish-prisoners-demand Swedish prisons first started offering yoga classes to inmates in 2008. The result? Fewer conflicts and improved behaviour, according to a new study. https://www.thelocal.se/20160916/study-yoga-helps-swedish-inmates-feel-better Fri, 16 Sep 2016 18:17:02 +0200 study-yoga-helps-swedish-inmates-feel-better Sweden could place a six-month cap on pre-trial detention of suspects if proposals from a new inquiry are put into practice. https://www.thelocal.se/20160823/why-sweden-could-change-controversial-pre-trial-detention-laws Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:00:49 +0200 why-sweden-could-change-controversial-pre-trial-detention-laws A 43-year-old man has been sentenced to eight months in prison by a Swedish court, after he sent out thousands of bills to purported porn surfers. https://www.thelocal.se/20160613/swedish-court-jails-man-for-porn-bills Mon, 13 Jun 2016 19:17:59 +0200 swedish-court-jails-man-for-porn-bills Refugees sheltering in Malmö's 2013 Eurovision venue are begging to leave, with one describing it as a "prison" with "inhuman conditions", while Swedish nurses working there have been pulled out because of the health risks. https://www.thelocal.se/20151129/refugees-beg-to-leave-inhuman-prison-in-malm Sun, 29 Nov 2015 15:27:34 +0100 refugees-beg-to-leave-inhuman-prison-in-malm A Swedish man who sent bills to thousands of alleged porn surfers and threatened to publish their names if they failed to pay has been sentenced to two and a half years' jail for extortion. https://www.thelocal.se/20150714/swedish-man-locked-up-for-porn-surfer-extortion Tue, 14 Jul 2015 08:56:47 +0200 swedish-man-locked-up-for-porn-surfer-extortion Fewer people were sent to prison in Sweden in 2014 than in any other year since the 1950s, according to new figures from Sweden’s Prison and Probation Service (Kriminalvården). https://www.thelocal.se/20150526/sweden-has-least-new-prisoners-in-modern-times Tue, 26 May 2015 12:32:40 +0200 sweden-has-least-new-prisoners-in-modern-times Sweden's Prison and Probation Services are beginning a project in which suspected criminals will be given surf tablets to look at evidence against them. https://www.thelocal.se/20140725/swedish-inmates-to-receive-surf-tablets Fri, 25 Jul 2014 10:00:00 +0200 swedish-inmates-to-receive-surf-tablets A major manhunt has been launched by police in Stockholm after a prisoner managed to escape from the Storboda correctional facility. The fugitive has not been described as dangerous. https://www.thelocal.se/20140330/swedish-police-hunt-for-escaped-prisoner Sun, 30 Mar 2014 15:12:00 +0200 swedish-police-hunt-for-escaped-prisoner Sweden boasts one of the world's lowest incarceration rates - ten times lower than the US. Why do Swedish judges opt to keep convicts out of jail or issue lenient sentences, which one inmate called "a chance to start over". https://www.thelocal.se/20140110/swedish-jails-empty-despite-rise-in-crime-reports Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:57:00 +0100 swedish-jails-empty-despite-rise-in-crime-reports Sweden's surplus of prison spaces has prompted Norway's justice minister to ask about possibility of renting places in Swedish prisons for Norwegian prisoners. https://www.thelocal.se/20131210/norway-to-sweden-can-we-rent-space-in-your-prisons Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:58:00 +0100 norway-to-sweden-can-we-rent-space-in-your-prisons A man escaped from a Swedish prison simply to visit the dentist, and was slapped an extended sentence when he returned to the jail. https://www.thelocal.se/20131129/swedish-prisoner-escapes-to-visit-dentist Fri, 29 Nov 2013 11:07:00 +0100 swedish-prisoner-escapes-to-visit-dentist Staff at a correctional services psychiatric facility in Växsjö are grappling with a surge in narcotics after inmates gained the right to use mobile phones. https://www.thelocal.se/20130821/49758 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 12:35:00 +0200 49758 The Christian Democrat party wants to criminalize breaking out of prison, which at present can be punished with withdrawn privileges for the inmate in Swedish jail. https://www.thelocal.se/20130802/49402 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 09:39:00 +0200 49402