Swedish treatment of offenders
– how many relapse into crime?
  • 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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