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Why is Sweden closing its prisons?

PUBLISHED December 1, 2013
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Swedish prisons have long had a reputation around the world as being liberal and progressive. So much so that in 2005 even Saddam Hussein requested to be transferred to a Swedish prison to await his trial ? a request that was rejected by the Swedish authorities. But are the country's prisons a soft option?

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