Österåker Prison

Österåker Prison
Location Österåker Municipality, Sweden
Coordinates 59°31′20″N 18°17′20″E / 59.52222°N 18.28889°E / 59.52222; 18.28889Coordinates: 59°31′20″N 18°17′20″E / 59.52222°N 18.28889°E / 59.52222; 18.28889
Status Operational
Security class Class C
Capacity 146
Opened 1969
Managed by Swedish Prison and Probation Service, Stockholm Region
Director Gunilla Ternert

The Österåker Prison (Swedish: Anstalten Österåker, commonly known as Österåkersanstalten) is a prison located in Österåker Municipality, thirty kilometers north of Stockholm, Sweden. It is a Class C-security prison with a capacity for 146 inmates. The facility also contains a remand prison with the capacity for 80 inmates.

The Österåker Prison was built in 1969 as a replacement for the Långholmen Prison in Stockholm. Since 1976 the prison is concentrated on inmates with different types of abuse problems.

Notable inmates

Trivia

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