This Is Where Swedish Prisoners Will Be Held in Estonia
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About thirty prisoners sentenced in Sweden for serious crimes are preparing to serve their sentences in Estonia, hundreds of kilometres from where they were tried. This is the first group to be transferred this month as part of an agreement that will allow the Swedish authorities to send up to 600 prisoners to the Baltic country. “It’s historic,” said the Swedish Prime Minister, conservative Ulf Kristersson, following the signing of the agreemen…
The prisoners from Sweden have created political strife in Estonia even before the first ones have arrived in Tartu. “We don't want them here, people are pissed off,” says an Estonian whom TT meets.
Sweden will place hundreds of prisoners in Estonia, at the prison in Tartu. Inmates will receive refreshed rooms but also snuff restrictions, English-speaking prison guards and Estonian food.
The Swedish prisoners should arrive at Tartu Prison within two weeks at the latest. Our country's representatives have repeatedly confirmed that the prisoners cannot stay in Estonia, but there is a clause in the prison lease agreement that also addresses the possibility of applying for asylum. Why?
Toilet brushes are being placed and TV screens are being installed in the cells. And the stun guns that the guards normally carry have been removed. Starting next week, Estonia will receive a new, temporary export: inmates from Swedish prisons.
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