00:00Sweden plans to send some of its prisoners to Estonia.
00:03We have lack of space. We don't have enough space for the inmates.
00:08The number of inmates are increasing drastically.
00:11Prisons filled up nationwide when Sweden overhauled its crime loss.
00:15With occupancy at 141%, Sweden is searching for alternatives.
00:20One option lies 600 kilometers away.
00:23Estonia's Tar2 prison, modern and largely empty.
00:26Meil oli ales mõnikümende aastat tagasi väga kõrge kuritegevuse tase.
00:3190-tel, seepärast ehitati ka nii palju vanglaid.
00:35Meil oli väga palju mõrvu, tapmisi, väga rasked kuritegevust.
00:38Since then, they claimed to have arrested the gang leaders and dismantled prison subcultures.
00:43Today, incarceration rates in Estonia are the lowest in the EU.
00:47Still, Swedish critics fear the plan would reduce rehabilitation to simply sending inmates abroad.
00:53Well, Swedish inmates, they, for example, they have to fill their day with activities.
00:58They have to work during the day or they have to go to school or they have to be part
01:01of treatment programs.
01:03To a larger extent than Estonian inmates. So this is a big difference.
01:07Under the proposal, Tar2 could take up to 600 Swedish inmates.
01:11If both governments approve, the first prisoners could already arrive in July.
01:15Bye!
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