According to the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, a special investigation is currently underway against twelve employees at the prisons in Sala, Västerås, and Nyköping. The employees let themselves be treated to dinner and overnight stay at a hotel. The invitation took place in mid-January at a hotel somewhere in central Sweden.
It is not known who invited the employees to the dinner and overnight stay. The persons working at the prisons Salberga, Tillberga, and Nyköping have been reassigned and are now working from home. At least the Tillberga prison in Västerås has gone into staff alert mode.
Robert Aldén, section head for special investigations at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, stated that it is a serious incident because it risks affecting both trust in the authority and the workplaces where they work. He added that it does not involve mismanaged work tasks or anything that happened during working hours. No police report has been made at present.
The specific rules or ethical guidelines violated by accepting the invitation have not been disclosed. Salberga is a prison in Sala with 294 places and has the highest security class among closed prisons. Tillberga is a prison with 247 places north of Västerås, with security class 3.
Nyköping is a prison with 66 places on the outskirts of Nyköping, with security class 2.