Estonia's decision to house Swedish criminals in Tartu Prison called 'most immoral'

A decision to house Swedish criminals in Estonia's Tartu Prison has been sharply criticized as profoundly immoral and detrimental to the nation's future. Airi Värnik, an emeritus professor at Tallinn University and a leading researcher at the Estonian-Swedish Institute of Mental Health and Suicidology, argues that the move demonstrates a severe lack of foresight and a disregard for the country's well-being.

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Swedish criminals in Tartu prison – this is the most immoral decision that has deeply and sustainably damaged Estonia's future.

"This is the most immoral decision that has deeply and sustainably damaged Estonia's future," Värnik wrote. She contends that the decision-makers behind this move are either short-sighted, careless, greedy, fearful of expressing their opinions, out of touch with the modern world, or contemptuous of the majority of the public's views – or a combination of all these failings.

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This testifies to how short-sighted or careless or greedily foolish or afraid to express their opinion or out of touch with the modern world picture or spitting on the opinion of a large part of the people or all of the above are our decision-makers.

Värnik further asserts that the decision degrades the reputation of Estonia and the university city of Tartu, transforming it into a "prison camp for foreign criminals." She expressed concern that this move disregards the high level of security meticulously built by the police over years and ignores warnings from professionals. Värnik anticipates that facts and situations where the influence of seasoned criminals begins to seep outside the prison walls will inevitably be denied, becoming more forceful and irreversible over time.

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They are degrading the reputation of Estonia and the university city (prison camp for foreign criminals), not caring about the good current level of security created by the police through years of work, nor about the warnings of professionals.