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07/06/2025 – 12:12 GMT+2
Estonia will lease area at Tartu Jail to Sweden and settle for as much as 600 inmates below a brand new settlement being negotiated between the 2 international locations. The draft laws has been despatched to the parliament.
In the meantime, the Estonian Workplace of the Chancellor of Justice and the Inner Safety Service emphasise the dangers that putting international prisoners in Tartu could carry.
Amid the attainable worsening scenario for the Estonian prisoners, the principle concern is that individuals with connections to extremism or worldwide organised crime could arrive in Estonia.
The Inner Safety Service has forwarded the suggestions to the federal government and hopes that it’s going to take them under consideration to the best extent attainable.
Marta Tuul, spokesperson of the Inner Safety Service commented on Estonian TV:
“The principle considerations we see are that individuals with connections to extremism or worldwide organised crime don’t arrive in Estonia. We additionally see that international prisoners could start to be visited by people with connections to extremism or worldwide organised crime.”
Falling numbers in Estonia
In 2023, the variety of inmates in Estonia dropped under 2,000 for the primary time and has been lowering by about 100 individuals every year. In the meantime, the Swedish authorities goals to impose harder and longer sentences, making it unlikely that the variety of prisoners there’ll decline within the close to future.
Indrek-Ivar Määrit, Head of Inspection Division of the Workplace of the Chancellor of Justice advised Estonian public TV:
“For us, there are three foremost considerations right here: Firstly, the scenario of Estonian prisoners should not worsen as a result of international prisoners are coming. Secondly, these international prisoners themselves have to be handled in accordance with Estonian legislation and worldwide necessities. And thirdly, within the broadest sense, Estonia’s inside safety shouldn’t be endangered, and we aren’t solely conscious of the hazard that these individuals themselves pose, but additionally the hazard which will accompany this course of.”
For Swedish offenders, the Estonian state plans to make use of the S-Wing of Tartu Jail, which has roughly 350 locations throughout 175 cells, adopted by the E-Wing, which has 631 locations in 318 cells.
Rait Kuuse, Secretary Normal for Prisons on the Ministry of Justice additional elaborated on the plams:
“We desire to not settle for prisoners who’re girls or youngsters. These could be male prisoners, both individuals convicted of crimes in opposition to the particular person or convicted of drug crimes, who would not have indicators of being a part of a community and who shouldn’t pose a major menace to Estonia as an entire.”
Via the settlement, Estonia hopes to generate a minimum of €30 million in further income.
