DN Opinion. The more therapy for us inmates to prevent recidivism

According to the national audit office returning approximately 70% of the anstaltsintagna in crimes within three years of release – a figure I believe the vast majority find unacceptable high. Exactly why the number of återfallsbrottslingar is on a high and over time the stable level, there are divided opinions about, but in most cases, if the explanations based on socio-economic, psychological, and psychiatric factors.

the Discussion in the media often seem to limit themselves to a one-sided portrayal of either victims of crime or gärningsperson, and not seldom lead to a hasty elevation of either one or the other. At the same time, this will tend to further dilute the ongoing könspolemiska the debate in a way that is hardly of benefit to anyone, and definitely not addressing the real problems.

is a recurring inmate in the correctional institutions, I have at close quarters for a long time been able to experience of the authority that put the focus on security at the expense of effective measures to reduce återfallen.

Therefore, I believe that the correctional sacrifice the opportunity to work in an evidence-based way with us early, taught us that the threats and violence pays off, or at least the only ”tools” we have at our disposal.

Within the vårdprofessionen it should generally work on the basis of science and proven experience. What is correctional a starting point, one may ask when the statistics sometimes is more than only figures. What we våldsbrottsdömda leave behind us is excluded teeth, knivskurna rivals and murdered partners. Is there any time that science and experience need to go hand in hand so it is in the work with us.

able to acquire us the actual psychological abilities that broaden our behavioural repertoire, and that prevents us from using violence in the experienced tight spots, if we can't get access to adequate treatment?

There is no need for additional manualstyrda program where the men in the group can assert itself as the hard-liners in the face medfångarna. What is needed is individually tailored, and therapeutically active therapies, where we are guided on a journey from the inner wounded child until a responsible adult man.

the prison service must be guided more by humanistic values and to rely on the man to influence. In consultation with the prisoner, it is possible to find and formulate values and ethical principles that should be normative for the behavior. But it takes courage to deal with societal problems such as violence against women and the structural and mental illness.

if the authority is prepared to take such responsibility. Current kriminalvårdspraktik disguised in the motto to be ”better” trust remains as a genuine April fool's joke with us inmates.

We want help, we want to work with ourselves, but are treated often with a cold, bureaucratic hand that is best at to make a decision on the rejection of various visiting and telefontillstånd.