On the city bus, the announcement “Vangla”, prison in Estonian, indicates that we have arrived. The penitentiary facility is located in the commercial area of Tartu, the large city in southern Estonia. Opposite the long gray concrete buildings, tool shops. This is where the first Swedish prisoners will arrive during the summer. After Stockholm at the beginning of June, the Estonian Parliament ratified the agreement allowing these transfers on June 10, after heated and endless debates. The main opposition came from conservative MPs who believe that Sweden is using Estonia to solve its problems by exporting them.
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