Sweden closes four prisons as number of inmates plummets
Beware of the political spin!<p>Note that while the number of <i>inmates</i> plummets, the number of crimes committed is higher than ever. This is a failure of the police and the justice system and not a success story.<p>Nearly 95 percent of violent crimes and robberies committed in Sweden go <i>unsolved</i>, and an individual police officer solves an average of three crimes per year.
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