Stockholm, June 4, 2025 (AFP) - Sweden wants to rent prison cells in Estonia as inmate numbers soar

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2025-06-04
Sweden on Wednesday said that it had reached an agreement with Estonia to rent prison cells for up to 600 prisoners who could serve their sentences abroad. According to the agreement between the two countries, Sweden would be able to rent 400 cells in the Tartu prison in Estonia's southeast, which has a capacity to house 600 prisoners. Sweden's Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer said Estonia was "a very important and close partner", and is bound by......
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