Sweden's prisons prepare to house young teensRosersberg is one of eight prisons preparing to house young offenders starting July 1SIGTUNA (SWEDEN) - North of Stockholm, the Rosersberg prison is making preparations to house children as young as 13 in response to a much-criticised juvenile judicial reform expected to take effect in July. The legislation still needs to pass parliament, but Rosersberg is one of eight prisons preparing to house young offenders starting July 1. Each young person will be placed in a 10-square-metre (108-square-feet) single cell, previously shared by two adults. "It's not something we thought about every day in our previous work," he added, noting that younger inmates will have different needs and rights. Incarcerating someone that young "is harmful to the child's development" and increases the risk of reoffending, according to Hogberg.
