Estonia and Sweden to sign prison rental cooperation memorandum

Estonia’s Justice and Digital Minister Liisa Pakosta and Rikard Jermsten, director general of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, will sign a memorandum on prison rental cooperation on Wednesday, ERR reported.

The signing will be followed by a press conference outlining the next steps and timetable for the prison rental agreement.

Rait Kuuse, head of Estonia’s Prison Service, and Niklas Bellström, head of a unit at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, will also attend the press conference.

The memorandum sets out practical arrangements concerning the daily lives of Swedish prisoners at Tartu Prison, including the use of nicotine products, cell conditions, clothing and information channels.

ERR will broadcast the press conference live.