Last autumn, the Swedish Prison and Probation Service went into staff mode due to the then acute shortage of places.
Even if it is planned for new permanent institutions, it will take several years until they are ready.
Until then, the authority is now building barrack solutions to solve the situation.
These are just over 700 prison places in so-called modular houses that are currently being built or are about to start construction at 18 institutions around the country.
- With the urgent situation as it is right now, it is by far the fastest to build modular houses, says Linda Molinder, project manager at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service.
Ready within a year
Just over 130 of these places end up in Norrbotten and Västerbotten.
The institutions in Umeå, Luleå and Haparanda will now have temporary buildings.
- In Umeå and Luleå, we expect that everything will be ready by the last quarter of next year and Haparanda shortly after, says Linda Molinder, project manager at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service.
For the institution in Umeå, this means that the number of inmates is doubled compared with today, from just over 50 to about 100 inmates.
Hear the prison inspector Anna Sjödin about the challenges with the new places at the institution in Umeå in the clip above.