Country

Sweden

Detention issue

Women in detention

FRA research findings

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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
Prison and Probation Services (Kriminalvården)In Prisons and Remand Prisons, a detainee may not be placed together with detainees of the opposite sex. Women are generally placed in some of Sweden’s six Prisons for women

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

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