The main objective of the visit was to review the measures taken by the Swedish authorities in response to the recommendations made by the Committee following previous visits. In this regard, particular attention was paid to the treatment and conditions of detention of persons in prisons and police establishments, and in institutions for young persons.
During the visit, the delegation held consultations with the senior officials from the Ministries of Justice, Health and Social Affairs, the Prison and Probation Service, the Swedish Police Authority, the National Board of Institutional Care, and the Health and Social Care Inspectorate.
The delegation also met with representatives of the Ombudsman for Children, the OPCAT Unit (National Preventive Mechanism) of the Parliamentary Ombudsmen Office, and with representatives of non-governmental organisations.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
- Gunda Wӧssner, 2nd Vice-President of the CPT (Head of delegation)
- Lise-Lotte Carlsson
- Christopher Cremona
- Slavitsa Dimitrievska
- Helen Konzett
- Asbjørn Rachlew
- Victor Zaharia.
They were supported by Borys Wódz (Head of Division) and Dalia Žukauskienė of the CPT Secretariat, and were assisted by Heidi Hales, Consultant Psychiatrist in Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry Researcher, United Kingdom (expert).
The delegation visited the following places of deprivation of liberty:
Establishments under the Swedish Police Authority
- Eskilstuna Police Department
- Härnösand Police Department
- Södertälje Police Department
- Norrmalm Police Department, Stockholm
Establishments under the Ministry of Justice
- Hällby Prison
- Hall Prison
- Kumla Prison
- Saltvik Prison
Establishments under the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
- Fagared Home for Young Persons in Lindome
- Råby Home for Young Persons in Lund
- Rebecka Home for Young Persons in Ekerö
- Tysslinge Home for Young Persons in Södertälje
