SVAR DIREKT - Kriminalvården
SVAR DIREKT - Kriminalvården
SVAR DIREKT - Kriminalvården
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Sanctions<br />
what sanctions exist in Sweden?<br />
The sanctions that can be imposed by the courts are fine,<br />
imprison ment, conditional sentence, probation and committal<br />
for special care. A conditional sentence can be combined with a<br />
community service scheme and probation can be combined with<br />
several different schemes.<br />
what sanctions are implemented by the Prison<br />
and Probation Service?<br />
The Prison and Probation Service implements prison, conditional<br />
sentence with community service, probation, probation with<br />
community service and probation with specific treatment plan –<br />
contract treatment and probation associated with imprisonment.<br />
Prison<br />
A custodial sentence may last from two weeks to ten years. In the<br />
case of repeat offences and combined sentence for several offences,<br />
the sentence may be up to 18 years.<br />
A prisoner serving a life sentence cannot be released until<br />
the sentence has been commuted to a specific period by Örebro<br />
District Court. The client may apply for a change to a specific<br />
length of sentence after having served at least ten yeras of his or<br />
her sentence.<br />
Intensive supervision<br />
Intensive supervision with electronic monitoring (tagging) is an<br />
alternative way of serving a prison sentence. The convicted person<br />
is monitored 24 hours a day with the aid of a transmitter attached<br />
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