- Sweden has 9 million inhabitants
- There are 4000 prisoners in Swedish prisons
- There are 55 prisons in Sweden
- 25 of these offer some form of treatment
- 60 % of prisoners are addicted to drugs
- 40 % of all prisoners fall into relapse
- Prisons offer many different types of treatment
- Most use the 12-step method
- There is no HIV epidemic
- In 2002 there were 52 HIV
positive prisoners in Swedish jails
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