Finland's justice ministry is weighing up a prison rental agreement with Estonia similar to the deal made between Estonia and ...

Renting prison places abroad was a key component of the Tidö Agreement, the aim of which was to remedy the shortage of places in Swedish prisons, caused by a stream of inmates arising due to ...

The European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex opened a new regional command office in Estonia on Thursday to increase ...

Swedish prisons are now full beyond capacity, writes Digi24. A Prison System under Stress To deal with this, Sweden plans to send up to 600 of its prisoners to Estonia.

Sweden will send up to 600 criminals to serve their sentences in an Estonian prison under an agreement announced by the government on Wednesday aimed at reducing pressure on the country's ...

To help reduce its 141% occupancy rate in incarceration facilities, Stockholm plans to transfer between 400 and 600 prisoners to a prison in Tartu. The proposal is not unanimously supported in Sweden.

The Swedish authorities have made a decision to allocate 135 m Swedish Kronor ($14.19 m) to support civil cybersecurity in Ukraine, ...

The cost of a prisoner in Estonia is estimated to be €8,500 per month, excluding costs for transport to and from Sweden. In Sweden, the cost is around €11,500 per month.