Print version| Country | SWEDEN | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | Swedish Prison and Probation Administration (Kriminalvardsstyrelsen) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | Slottsgatan 78, S-601 80 Norrköping, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +46 11 496 3000 fax: +46 11 496 3788 Web: www.kriminalvarden.se |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Nils Öberg
Director General |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
6,364
at 1.10.2012 (national prison administration) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
67
based on an estimated national population of 9.53 million at beginning of October 2012 (from Eurostat figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
23.8%
(1.10.2012) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
5.8%
(1.10.2012) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0.2%
(1.10.2012 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
30.5%
(of sentenced prisoners, 1.10.2012) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
82
(2012 - 50 prisons and 32 remand prisons) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 7,046
(1.10.2012) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
90.3%
(1.10.2012) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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