After this summer's three exemptions of three young men convicted of murder and attempted murder, the government is now commissioning the National Board of Institutional Care (Sis) to increase security at youth homes.

- The violent capital that we see in society today linked to gang crime, we did not have ten, fifteen years ago.

Sis also notices the changes, says Minister of Social Affairs Lena Hallengren (S).

Safety rated

All youth homes must therefore be security classified.

This means that the young people's violent capital must be risk assessed and analyzed before placement, not entirely unlike how the Swedish Prison and Probation Service works strategically with the placement of inmates in the country's institutions.

- More will be included in the assessment of what violent capital you have, says Hallengren.

Young people who are sentenced to closed youth care have committed serious crimes.

These can be murders, aggravated assault, robbery, rape and serious drug offenses.

It is not uncommon for there to be links with criminal networks.

The penalties are enforced in Sis' high-risk departments.

- Security-enhancing measures are needed here, says Hallengren.

Higher walls

It is about developing a security organization and improving perimeter protection such as cameras, fences, walls and barbed wire, she continues.

- Everything will need to be reviewed.

For this, the government and the co-operation parties in the budget bill propose that Sis be strengthened by SEK 110 million next year and thereafter SEK 100 million annually.

How Sis uses its powers will also be reviewed.

This includes the possibility of restricting access to mobile phones.

- We want to know how the authority uses the special authority to restrict the right to financial communication and the use of electronic monitoring, such as foot shackles.

Sis will return with an account in its annual report at the end of February.

- We can come back if we need to make changes so that they have the right tools, says Hallengren.