Currently, there is an occupancy rate of approximately 119 percent both in the prisons nationally and in the Stockholm region, according to the Prison Service.
- We double house inmates in the majority of rooms and place inmates in different types of rooms that are not intended as regular places, but where we can house inmates.
It can be about isolation cells and sick rooms, says Christoffer Livebrant, correctional inspector at the detention center in Sollentuna, where around 300 detainees are placed.
How appropriate is it to place people in isolation rooms when they really shouldn't be there?
- It is not appropriate at all.
90 detained in police custody: "Going on for several months"
In addition to the overcrowded prisons, roughly 90 detainees are placed in police custody throughout the country, of which 47 are in the Stockholm region.
In the West police region, drunk cells are used, among other things.
- It has been going on for several months, says Christoffer Livebrant.
He believes that there will be a domino effect.
When the prisons are overcrowded, several people are serving their sentence in custody, which in turn is also filled when more people are detained due to the wave of violence and tougher sentences.
And now even police detention centers are filled with detainees.
Police source: Arrested released due to lack of space
To SVT, a police source describes the detention situation in Stockholm as "chaotic".
And that on at least one occasion, people who were arrested have been released.
According to information to SVT, it was about three thieves who were arrested, but had to be released due to the lack of space.
What kind of solutions do you see?
- The correctional service will expand incredibly in the next few years, but in the short term it is these temporary measures that we are taking now, says Christoffer Livebrant.
What are the consequences when detainees end up in police custody? Hear the probation officer explain in the video above.