OSLO, Norway — Two inmates took a pair of prison guards hostage Wednesday at a Swedish penitentiary and are barricaded inside in what the country’s prison department called “a very dangerous ...

Two prison guards have been taken hostage at a Swedish penitentiary, with officials saying Wednesday that two inmates have barricaded themselves in an area of the building along with their hostages.

A remand prison in Sweden is a facility for individuals who have been arrested for a crime and are awaiting trial. Rocky began his pre-trial two-week sentence on Friday while police investigate ...

As the prison population spirals out of control in the United States, Sweden finds itself with an interesting and opposite predicament: it has too many prisons and not enough prisoners. For this ...

The deal, which was confirmed on Wednesday by Justice Minister Gunnar Strömmer, will allow Sweden to rent 400 cells in the prison in Tartu in the south-eastern part of Estonia.

An official with Kronoberg Prison in Stockholm, says his facility treats inmates humanely, but others close to the rapper's case say that is not so Melanie Eversley Jul 11, 2019 ...

In May, around 7,300 inmates were held in 5,235 cells - an occupancy rate of 141%, figures from the Swedish Prison and Probation Service showed. Including standby accommodation, the occupancy rate ...

A large police operation is underway outside Hallby Prison near Eskilstuna, Sweden, on Wednesday July 21, 2021. Two inmates are reported to have taken staff members hostage inside the prison.

STOCKHOLM — Two inmates took a pair of prison guards hostage Wednesday at a Swedish penitentiary and are barricaded inside in what the country’s prison department called “a very dangerous ...