Over two days, we meet six correctional officers in Härnösand who either work or have recently worked at Saltvik in Härnösand.
They testify to a culture within a group of correctional officers who for a long time openly made racist comments against colleagues who have a foreign background.
Spoke out - was slandered
Jarmo Parkkila, who recently switched to a newly opened class 2 institution in Härnösand, says that he told his boss when he heard a colleague at Saltvik call an inmate a "black thing".
After that, he was slandered by his colleagues who thought he shouldn't have lashed out.
He also asked the inmate why he did not react to the comment and was told that he was afraid that the correctional officers would call the guard and thus risk ending up in solitary confinement for no reason.
- I feel a great disappointment, says Jarmo Parkkila.
Correctional officer Marie Hardeljung sits on the local Seko board and recently moved to the newly opened institution.
She also tells how within a certain group in Saltvik there is talk of "black skulls" - something she does not think is acceptable.
Far-right propaganda
Peter Hemström, local chairman, and several other correctional officers, say that racist comments are particularly directed at both staff and inmates who originate from the Middle East and African countries.
Those with that origin can be called "sacks of coal", "trash" and "terrorists".
Right-wing propaganda has also been found in one of the staff rooms, according to the union, which recently made a decision in the board to actively work against racism at Saltvik.
"Individual matters"
The employer has been made aware of the problems and has a statutory obligation to take measures against various forms of harassment.
At Saltvik, it is Radomir Sarkan who is the director of the institution.
He believes that there are routines that are followed.
- I know that there have been some individual cases and I take that very seriously.
It is something that should not occur in a workplace, he says.
But the union representatives believe that the reality is different and that there has not been a change for the better, even though the problems with racism are known.