Swedish parliament ratifies Estonia-Sweden prison rental agreement

The Swedish parliament approved the Estonia-Sweden prison rental agreement in a final vote. This is an important step towards the agreement coming into force.

The Swedish parliament has ratified the Estonia-Sweden prison rental agreement, giving the green light to the cooperation agreement between the two countries in the prison services sector.

The final vote in the Swedish parliament marks an important milestone on the path to the agreement coming into force. According to the agreement, Estonia will provide Sweden with prison places, which should help ease the prison capacity shortage in Sweden.

This is one of the first such agreements in Europe, where one country rents prison space from another. Through such cooperation, Estonia is ready to host Swedish inmates in Estonian prisons, which will bring economic benefit to Estonia and help Sweden address its overcrowded prison system problems.