Currently we are providing services at the Tallinn Prison, where support groups meet once a week. Participation in support groups is voluntary for the detainees. 

The aim of support groups for detainees with substance use issues is to: 

• effect change in patterns of use of addictive substances — to help achieve control over use or to stop using altogether; 
• increase the detainees’ motivation to change their drug use habits; 
• raise the detainees’ awareness of problems associated with drug use; 
• reduce risk behaviour by detainees. 

Support groups provide information on the following topics 

• Situations associated with the risk of drug use; tips and techniques for avoiding them and coping with them 
• Relapse prevention and drawing up a „plan B“ for it 
• Basics of reducing harms associated with drug use 
• Principles of 12-step programs 
• Information about services that the detainees can use while in prison and after being released