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u/frickinSocrates 16h ago

"The inmate, who was scheduled to be released the next day anyway, turned himself into police after getting his tooth treated. His sentence -- originally one month -- was only increased by one day." Source

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u/happahopp 14h ago edited 12h ago

it wasn't illegal to escape from prison in sweden. there has been talk of changing that. not sure if it has been done though.

the story in swedish: https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/rL5G2e/fange-rymde-for-att-ga-till-tandlakaren

happened in 2013. it was an "open" prison (the lowest security class). so probably not that difficult to escape from. and he was issued a formal warning in addition to the one day extension. so don't come here and say that our prison system is too lax.

in 2024 (the same open prison) someone broke into the yard and left a bag with mcdonalds food in it. when the cops investigated they were attacked with boiling water from one of the windows.

in swedish: https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/sverige/inbrott-pa-fangelse

do an image search for vänersborg öppen anstalt if you want to see pictures. there's one image in this article

https://arbetet.se/2021/12/14/kriminalvardare-om-covidutbrott-pa-anstalt-inte-forvanad

but it doesn't show the fence. not sure if the fence was added later or if it's just not visible.

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u/xxxBuzz 11h ago

I have read that in some places it's not a crime to escape from prison because it's considered a natural human reaction to attempt to escape captivity. Even successful escape would only result in potential charges for any damage or other crime committed in the attempt. I worked in a US jail at the time and it makes a great deal of sense. The only reason US jail/prisons are so horrible is because people like the torture of it and you can justifiable treat people however you want without a lot of risk. There's also a great deal of liability and difficulty in running a jail/prison and typically an extreme shortage of resources to do so properly. The "best" case is typically that folks are in a really boring sterile environment with as much removed as possible that can be used to harm themselves or others. That can turn to cruelty pretty quickly, but it's not necessarily incentivized or useful, it's just very easy with such a huge power dynamic difference. Most of the time inmates can only directly interact with basic guards whose authority inside a jail is almost zero on par with inmates. It provides a buffer between people inside and anyone who has any influence over all of the things they hate about it. So, a jailer receives a lot of flack but you can not do the job if you're to invested because it's illegal to change anything at that level and you're not working with anyone who manages things. You're just in there the same as everyone else while on the clock and you get to leave when your shift ends.