Österåker Prison
Encyclopedia
The Österåker Prison 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.
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
located in Österåker Municipality
Österåker Municipality
Österåker Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Åkersberga, with a population of 26,727 .From 1974 to 1982 Österåker was part of Vaxholm Municipality....
, thirty kilometers north of Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. It is a Class C-security prison with a capacity for 146 inmates. The facility also contains a remand prison
Jail
A jail is a short-term detention facility in the United States and Canada.Jail may also refer to:In entertainment:*Jail , a 1966 Malayalam movie*Jail , a 2009 Bollywood movie...
with the capacity for 80 inmates.
The Österåker Prison was built in 1969 as a replacement for the Långholmen Prison
Långholmen prison
Långholmen Prison, officially Långholmen Central Prison , was historically one of the biggest prison facilities in Sweden with more than 500 cells, located on the island of Långholmen in Stockholm. It was built 1874-1880 as the central prison of Sweden, and was in use until 1975...
in Stockholm. Since 1976 the prison is concentrated on inmates with different types of abuse problems.
Notable inmates
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. - Christer PetterssonChrister PetterssonChrister Pettersson was a Swedish criminal who was a suspect in the 1986 assassination of Olof Palme, the Prime Minister of Sweden...
- One of the suspected assassins of Olof Palme, Swedish Prime MinisterPrime Minister of SwedenThe Prime Minister is the head of government in the Kingdom of Sweden. Before the creation of the office of a Prime Minister in 1876, Sweden did not have a head of government separate from its head of state, namely the King, in whom the executive authority was vested... - Tony Olsson – Convicted in 2000 of the 1999 murder of two Swedish police officersSwedish Police ServiceThe Swedish Police Service is a collection of Government agencies concerned with police matters in Sweden. The Swedish Police Service consists of 28,500 employees of which 39 per cent are women. The staff consists of 20,000 police officers of which 25 per cent are women and 8,500 civilian staff of...
in the town of Malexander. - Oussama KassirOussama KassirOussama Abdallah Kassir is a Lebanese-born Swedish militant Islamist.- Early life :Kassir was born in Beirut, Lebanon. He came to Sweden in 1984 and was granted Swedish citizenship in 1989. He participated in the Lebanese Civil War during the 1980s and was hurt in battle...
- Convicted on illegal firearm charges in Sweden, later on terrorismTerrorismTerrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
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Trivia
- American country singer Johnny CashJohnny CashJohn R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
performed at the prison on October 3, 1972. The live album På ÖsteråkerPå ÖsteråkerPå Österåker is a live album by country singer Johnny Cash released on Columbia Records in 1973. The album features Cash's concert at the Österåker Prison in Sweden held on October 3, 1972. Its predecessors in concept are the more notable At San Quentin and At Folsom Prison...
("At Österåker"), recorded out of this concert, was released in 1973. Between the songs Cash can be heard speaking Swedish, which met with roaring approval from the inmates.