Teenagers will now serve time in response to surging gang crime, but head of country’s largest jail has misgivings ...

"Inmates would arrive gradually. Starting from the agreement's entry into force in August, about 100 prisoners would come, ...

In the fight against escalating gang crime, Sweden's parliament will vote on plans to hold 13-year-olds criminally ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden will send up to 600 criminals to serve their sentences in an Estonian prison under an agreement ...

A former Iranian prison official who was sentenced to life in a Swedish prison for crimes committed during the mass execution of political prisoners in 1988 was released by Sweden, officials said, in ...

The Swedish Riksdag ratified a prison leasing agreement with Estonia, an important milestone to ease Sweden's domestic overcrowding and preserve operations at Tartu Prison. According to Estonian ...