Serious criticism of the Prison and Probation Service after a sentenced person remained in a remand prison for nearly a year while waiting to be placed in a prison. Also criticism for not allowing the inmate to spend time with other prisoners

An inmate of Sollentuna remand prison began serving their prison sentence but despite this was not placed in a unit where he could associate with others. There had been no decision on segregation which could have explained this. According to the Parliamentary Ombudsman, the information in the case must be understood to mean that the remand prison did not act in conformity with the Detention Act. The Parliamentary Ombudsman is critical of this.

The inmate was then transferred to Norrköping remand prison. He was placed there for almost eight months. He was not allowed to regularly spend time with others there either. The Parliamentary Ombudsman notes that the remand prison took several measures to facilitate AA’s time with others and that attempts were made both to have him transferred to an association remand prison (where detainees can freely associate with one another during the day) and to speed up the process of his continued execution. The Parliamentary Ombudsman considers the conditions were nevertheless completely unacceptable and, against this background, directs criticism against the Prison and Probation Service.

Only after almost a year from the start of his prison sentence was AA placed in a prison. This was a flagrant breach of the absolute time limits in the Terms of Punishment Act and the Parliamentary Ombudsman therefore directs severe criticism against the authority.