Union leaders are warning that Swedish prison officers have lost control of the country’s prisons, with overcrowding leading to a spike in threats and violence. “We are losing control. The inmates more or less have taken over the prisons,” said Christer Hallqvist, chairman of the Seko union’s Department of Correctional Services. He revealed that staff … Continue reading Sweden has ‘lost control’ of its prisons as inmates ‘take over’ amid spike in violence against officers, union chiefs warn