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

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

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

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 ...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - 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 ...

A new agreement between Sweden and Estonia means that up to 600 criminals convicted in Sweden could serve time in prisons in ...

Housing foreign criminals in Estonian prisons may involve additional risks related to Islamic extremism and internationally ...

"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 ...

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