Österåker Prison

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 2-security prison with a capacity for 146 inmates. The facility also contains a remand prison with the capacity for 80 inmates.

Österåker Prison
Location in Sweden
LocationÖsteråker Municipality, Sweden
Coordinates59°31′20″N 18°17′20″E
StatusOperational
Security classClass 2
Capacity93
Opened1969
Managed bySwedish Prison and Probation Service, Stockholm Region
DirectorGunilla Ternert

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

  • American country singer Johnny Cash performed at the prison on October 3, 1972. The live album På Österåker ("At Österåker"), recorded out of this concert, was released in 1973. Between the songs Cash can be heard speaking Swedish, which is met with roaring approval from the inmates.

References

  1. "Mördade ambassadör i Sverige – blir staty" [Murdered ambassador in Sweden - becomes a statue]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). TT News Agency. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
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