SVAR DIREKT - Kriminalvården

who is sentenced to community service?
In 2011, approximately 1,500 clients received a basic and supplementary
sentence comprising probation with community service. The commonest
underlying criminal offences were assault, drink-driving (including
serious drink-driving) and narcotics offences and smuggling.
Approximately 4,700 clients received conditional sentences
combined with community service. The commonest criminal offences
were assault and drink-driving (including serious drink-driving).
Imprisonment/Institutions
what is the task of the custodial institutions?
The work of the prisons shall be designed to promote the inmate’s
rehabilitation in society and counteract damaging consequences of
liberty. The prison term shall aim from the beginning to be a preparation
for release. The Prison and Probation Service has 52 prisons in
Sweden. On 1 October 2011, about 5,000 persons were serving prison
sentences.
how many are sentenced to life imprisonment?
In December 2011, 160 persons were serving life sentences, six of
them women. The oldest life prisoner was aged 83 and the youngest
24. All of them were serving sentences for murder (including accomplices,
attempted murder and instigation).
who is sentenced to prison?
Approximately 9,000 persons commenced prison sentences during the
course of 2011. The commonest offences were narcotics offences and
smuggling, assault and theft.
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