Regeringen satsar 39 miljarder extra på rättsväsendet

The government plans to significantly strengthen the judiciary in the coming years The budget increases from 69 billion kronor in 2023 to 108 billion kronor in 2028 So a 57 percent increase The Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer points to organized crime as the background for the initiative Focusing on harsher penalties biometrics camera surveillance and an ongoing expansion of the police force This marks a huge shift in the perception of punishment This means that I focus on the rehabilitation of victims and the protection of society Much less on the perpetrator It generally leads to a higher sentence Especially for serious crimes The poor should be kept inside All honest citizens should be out And have justice for the victims He describes the fight against gang crime as a ten-year journey Comparisons are made with Denmark and New York where it has taken about ten years to push back the gangs We have been on this journey for three years now We can see that new work methods new tools and new resources are beginning to take effect For example against shootings elder abuse and crime reporting when serious crimes increase We are on the right track but we are certainly not there yet And we want to make that very clear The government also wants to shift the focus from the perpetrator to the victim It's about the punishment providing justice and support measures being strengthened Victims no longer have to personally pursue compensation It is more reasonable for the state to pay the victims' compensation directly first But then the perpetrator continues with full force against society and the public It is not something a vulnerable victim should have to do themselves When it comes to sentencing they have already been sentenced for serious weapons offenses and explosives The government is now proceeding with additional penalties for about 50 crimes According to Petra Lund's criminal policy review Then we will proceed with other parts as mentioned here at today's press conference For example when it comes to detention orders lock up people indefinitely who are simply dangerous to society People who repeatedly fall into for example serious rapes or whatever it may be They must be held in custody both to give the victim justice and to protect society from these dangerous individuals We understand that some people cannot be rehabilitated But we must have the ability to protect society from these people But that is where we aim through certain penal reforms