Norberg Municipality is questioning the plans for a release unit in Norberg, according to official sources. According to SVT Västmanland, Johanna Odö, a municipal councilor, described concerns that the release unit will attract other youths and affect perceived insecurity in Norberg. The municipality and Sis will become competitors for finding jobs or internships for these youths, Odö added, based on the same source.
The municipality has informed Sis that by summer, like all municipalities in Sweden, they will have an activity requirement to find activities for residents without their own livelihood to qualify for financial support, official sources said. The municipality has told Sis that they must arrange their own placements and cannot use the placements the municipality provides, according to Odö's statements to SVT Västmanland. Norberg Municipality recently had a meeting with Sis about the future establishment of a release unit, official sources confirmed.
We have confidence in Sis, that they are 100 percent responsible for these youths. But there is a concern that they will attract other and different youths, that it affects the perceived insecurity in Norberg.
According to SVT Västmanland, Odö described that the municipality has confidence in Sis to be fully responsible for these youths. Youths sentenced to institutional care (LSU) will be released here, official sources noted. Specific measures Sis plans to implement for the release unit in Norberg, how many youths are expected to be released, and the exact timeline for when the unit will become operational remain unknown.
It is also unclear whether Sis has responded to the municipality's concerns and demands or how perceived insecurity in Norberg is currently measured.
There we become competitors for these youths also needing to find jobs or internships. So there we have told Sis that they must arrange their own placements themselves, they cannot use the placements that the municipality provides.