If all of the Tidö Agreement's proposals for harsher punishments were to be fulfilled at the same time, the pressure on Sweden's prisons would be too high – this is alarmed by both the Prison and Probation Service and the courts.
"If you don't care at all about what we say about the need to relieve the pressure at the other end, then we risk ending up in a very difficult situation," said the Prison and Probation Service's Director General Martin Holmgren in SVT's 30 Minutes earlier this week.
The Minister of Justice understands the Authority's concerns, but insists that the reforms must be pursued.
The text will be updated.