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Sweden Proposes Lowering Criminal Responsibility Age to 13 for Serious Crimes | Sweden Herald

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Sweden Proposes Lowering Criminal Responsibility Age to 13 for Serious Crimes | Sweden Herald

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I’m not naive enough to say there can be truly evil people at any age, but let’s not kid ourselves that this isn’t a long term ploy to weaken protections for the child victims here.
Once the precedent is set, it’s really difficult to undo it.
Before they change the law, they should deal with the issue that we don’t have enough rehab facilities for young offenders. And those facilities that we have don’t meet the requirements of current laws and regulations.
We can’t put the kids in prisons with hardened adult criminals. These kids need rehabilitation, help with getting free from drugs (many get hooked on Tramadol and other drugs when they start working with gangs) and schooling so that they can be integrated back into society when they’re free again.
- This is Sweden. The goal of all prisons is rehabilitation.
  
  Yes. But we have failed more and more as of late. ”Ungdomsvården” is not equipped to handle them as it’s built up now, and bad actors are still involved in what should be rehab but is temporary storage without schooling, rehab or counseling.