In Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland, life in prison resembles the outside world as much as possible. However, like any prison system, they aren't perfect. Criminal policies in these ...

Can a mental-health-first approach to justice lead to reduced crime rates? Dr Jenny Okolo explores innovative approaches to prison systems in Sweden and the Netherlands.

Ahmadreza Jalali, an Iranian-Swedish academic on death row in Iran since 2017, accused the Swedish government of doing nothing to obtain his release, in a voice message obtained by AFP on Tuesday.

Swedish prosecutors on Monday asked a court to remand in detention a convicted Swedish jihadist for his suspected involvement in the 2014 killing of a Jordanian pilot in Syria.

Hamid Nouri, 61, was sentenced to life in prison for ... prisoners. Swedish law recognises the principle of universal jurisdiction, which allows one country's judicial system to prosecute crimes ...