The Prison and Probation Service has the goal of getting as many offenders with medium and high risk of reoffending to undergo a treatment programme in prison or in probation. The idea is that the treatment will reduce the risk of them committing crimes in the future.
However, not even a quarter of the clients in prison who needed treatment the most, and only 13 per cent in probation, completed a treatment programme last year, according to a report from the National Audit Office.
Overcrowded prisons and an underdimensioned operation are contributing factors, where the Prison and Probation Service neither has the facilities nor the trained staff to cope.
"Clients within the Prison and Probation Service risk not getting the help they need, which increases the risk of reoffending," says Auditor General Helena Lindberg in a press release.
