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social rescue work.
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prisoners but those under suspended sentence, inebriates, prostitutes, etc. The
society thus has both a field of work wider than those sketched above, and an
aim above all directed towards such safeguards as are likely to forestall crime,
and thus to take in hand those who are punished and those who are not. By
this means a better adaptation to recent efforts of penal legislation is aimed
at. The society has a department for providing situations; one for the care of
inebriates; one for the investigation and probation work concerning those under
suspended sentence; a bureau (skrivbyrå) for educated clients, etc.
(C) Parallel with the associations, is the work of protection or rescue
homes for discharged prisoners or others.
The Queen’s Protection Home (Drottningens skyddshem) in Stockholm for
released women, founded in 1860 by the låte Queen Sophia, then Duchess of
Östergötland.
Home for the Destitute (Hern för elända), Stockholm, for men.
City Mission Labour Home (Stadsmissionens arbetshem), Stockholm, for men.
The Salvation Army has several rescue homes for both sexes, in Stockholm
and the provinces.
Add to these, night refuges (natthärbärgen) for both sexes, boarding-houses,
steam kitchens (ångkök), timber yards (vedgård) with many other establishments,
mostly in Stockholm. These institutions receive the necessitous for a longer or
shorter time.
The Prisons Board established, in 1912, the Åby Country Rome (Lanthemmet
Åby) near Uppsala, for discharged male prisoners.
The Swedish Church Voluntary Work Board (Layreaders) has founded a
Tramps’ home (luffarhem), at Björknäs, near Uppsala. Several similar homes
are in course of preparation.
The city of Stockholm has many Asylums for the Homeless and other similar
institutions, Gävle a Home for Vagrants (Hem för vandrare); near Norrköping a
Workman’s Colony (Arbetarekoloni) is founded. Several of the establishments
here mentioned receive persons who have not been under punishment.
(2) Rescue homes for women. For the purpose of enabling prostitutes and
needy persons similarly situated to emerge from an immoral life, several homes
have been established.
The Salvation Army has many of these homes, in Stockholm and in the
provinces. There exist also the following institutions:
The White Ribbon Admission Home (Vita bandets upptagningshem), Stockholm.
Elsa Borg’s Rescue Home, Stockholm.
The Fristad Refuge Home, near Stockholm.
Kvinnliga småbrukskolonien Emmåns (farm colony for women), near Norrtälje.
Föreningen Göteborgs kvinnohem (home for women).
(3) Institutes for Inebriates. The mission of the institutions named is to
provide for persons who suffer from the consequences of habitual misuse of
alcohol the opportunity of recovering their health.
At present there are the following:
Kuranstalten Sans Souci (Retreat), Uppsala.
Stiftelsen Stockholms alkoholisthem (Eolshäll, near Stockholm).
Vårdhemmet vid Berga (the Berga Retreat) Stora Sköndal, Stockholm.
The Strängnäs stifts alkoholisthem at Härnö.
Kuranstalten Solvik at Styrsö, Gothenburg.
The Salvation Army Retreat at Kurön.
Flodakolonien, Vemdalen, Härjedalen.
The last-named not only receives inebriates, but also aims at training its
clients as small farmers.
(4) Other Institutions. Besides the work of rescue indicated above, there are
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