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Swedish prisoner escapes to visit dentist

20 points by casca 13y ago

hkmurakami 13y ago
>"Upon arrival, guards gave him a warning and extended his sentence by a day, reported DN. Why do I feel like the US prison system would have given the guy a much more severe punishment... :(
- wil421 13y ago
  I believe in some states it's an automatic 3 or 5 years if you escape. There were some people that walked away from work release around my area to buy drugs or something I remember reading about.
throwaway_yy2Di 13y ago
"Swedish prison denies inmates medical care" is more to the point.
- berntb 13y ago
  He had a one month sentence in a no-walls prison, probably with signs saying "it is forbidden to go beyond this sign". Those places are typically used for people just caught drunk in traffic. More or less a way to keep people with alcohol problems off the booze for a month. I assume people with longer sentences will get health care. (People with long sentences also spend the last time before they leave prison in those institutions, to get used to not be locked in.) A one-day extension isn't exactly serious, either. I believe it could have been much worse. (Disclaimer: A bit old information, but probably still correct.)
  - DrStalker 13y ago
    The penalty is really just a token punishment, I wonder if there was an agreement not to give him anything harsher in return for him not making a big deal bout being denied the treatment in the first place.
    - berntb 13y ago
      Not really. I think a day or two extra is typical punishment for minor problems (not cleaning your room, etc). It said in the linked DN article that he was kept locked up the rest of the month (not moved to a separate institution). They are quite tolerant there, as I said that place is also used as last stop to get people used to not being inside walls after years in prison. Either the prison administrator was incompetent, probably not uncommon, or the guy had a low pain threshold. (same Disclaimer as in the GP.)
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vilhelm_s 13y ago
The original article [http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/rymde-fran-anstalt-for-att-ga-till-tandlakaren/ http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/rymde-fran-anstalt-for-att-...] and Google translate [http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dn.se%2Fnyheter%2Fsverige%2Frymde-fran-anstalt-for-att-ga-till-tandlakaren%2F&act=url http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=n&prev=...]. Summary: He was serving a 1-month sentence at an open prison. When he left the building, the electronic monitoring system was triggered. After returning, he was given a warning, an additional day was added to his sentence, and he was moved to a closed prison.
- markyc 13y ago
  in other words, although technically true, not at all what the title implies

20 points by casca 13y ago

>"Upon arrival, guards gave him a warning and extended his sentence by a day, reported DN. Why do I feel like the US prison system would have given the guy a much more severe punishment... :(

wil421 13y ago
I believe in some states it's an automatic 3 or 5 years if you escape. There were some people that walked away from work release around my area to buy drugs or something I remember reading about.

throwaway_yy2Di 13y ago

"Swedish prison denies inmates medical care" is more to the point.

berntb 13y ago
He had a one month sentence in a no-walls prison, probably with signs saying "it is forbidden to go beyond this sign". Those places are typically used for people just caught drunk in traffic. More or less a way to keep people with alcohol problems off the booze for a month. I assume people with longer sentences will get health care. (People with long sentences also spend the last time before they leave prison in those institutions, to get used to not be locked in.) A one-day extension isn't exactly serious, either. I believe it could have been much worse. (Disclaimer: A bit old information, but probably still correct.)
- DrStalker 13y ago
  The penalty is really just a token punishment, I wonder if there was an agreement not to give him anything harsher in return for him not making a big deal bout being denied the treatment in the first place.
  - berntb 13y ago
    Not really. I think a day or two extra is typical punishment for minor problems (not cleaning your room, etc). It said in the linked DN article that he was kept locked up the rest of the month (not moved to a separate institution). They are quite tolerant there, as I said that place is also used as last stop to get people used to not being inside walls after years in prison. Either the prison administrator was incompetent, probably not uncommon, or the guy had a low pain threshold. (same Disclaimer as in the GP.)
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vilhelm_s 13y ago

The original article [http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/rymde-fran-anstalt-for-att-ga-till-tandlakaren/ http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/rymde-fran-anstalt-for-att-...] and Google translate [http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dn.se%2Fnyheter%2Fsverige%2Frymde-fran-anstalt-for-att-ga-till-tandlakaren%2F&act=url http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=n&prev=...]. Summary: He was serving a 1-month sentence at an open prison. When he left the building, the electronic monitoring system was triggered. After returning, he was given a warning, an additional day was added to his sentence, and he was moved to a closed prison.

markyc 13y ago
in other words, although technically true, not at all what the title implies