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'''Swedish Prison and Probation Service''' ({{langx|sv|Kriminalvården}}) is a  [[government agencies in Sweden|Government agency]] that is part of the [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[Law of Sweden|judicial system]], tasked with incarcerating suspects during pre-trial and trial and convicts after sentencing. The Main Office of the agency is located in [[Norrköping]].

The agency also handles [[deportation]]s of individuals not allowed in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kriminalvarden.se/om-kriminalvarden/kriminalvardens-organisation-ekonomi-och-miljoarbete/kriminalvardens-transporttjanst/|title=Kriminalvårdens transportenhet|website=Kriminalvården|language=sv|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref> Due to the increase in Swedish prison populations,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-13 |title=Swedish prison service declares 'crisis' amid cell shortage |url=https://www.thelocal.se/20240213/swedish-prison-service-declares-crisis-amid-cell-shortage |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=The Local Sweden |language=en}}</ref> the agency announced it would consider sending incarcerated individuals to other countries<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-01-29 |title=Sweden eyes sending inmates abroad as prisons full due to gang crime wave |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/sweden-eyes-sending-inmates-abroad-as-prisons-full-due-to-gang-crime-wave |access-date=2025-06-30 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}</ref> as it aims to increase the number of prison spaces from 9,000 to 27,000 by 2033.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-30 |title=Swedish government admits beiing “out of control” on crime |url=https://brusselssignal.eu/2025/01/sweden-runs-out-of-prisons-government-negotiates-sending-inmates-abroad/ |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=Brussels Signal |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Swedish National Board of Institutional Care]]
* [[Stig Bergling#Prosecution.2C in prison and conjugal visits|Escape of Stig Bergling]]

== External links ==
*[http://www.kriminalvarden.se www.kriminalvarden.se (Swedish main page, with links to several languages)]
* [http://www.kriminalvarden.se/sv/English/ Swedish Prison and Probation Service] (in English)
* http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article17982750.ab

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[[Category:Penal system in Sweden]]
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