Should untreatable violent or sexual offenders be detained for life?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This initiative required lifelong secure detention for sexual or violent offenders assessed as extremely dangerous and untreatable. Release and prison leave would be excluded. A new assessment would be possible only if new scientific knowledge indicated that treatment had become possible. Supporters prioritised protecting the public from repeat offences. Opponents argued that existing law was sufficient and that almost eliminating future review risked violating human rights. Swiss voters approved the initiative.

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/506.00
Official result data: https://bk.admin.ch/de/details-volksinitiativen?voteNumber=506
Vote date: 2004-02-08
Original Swissvotes English title: Initiative für eine lebenslange Verwahrung für gefährliche Straftäter
Original German title: Initiative für eine lebenslange Verwahrung für gefährliche Straftäter
Swissvotes keyword/additional content: Verwahrungsinitiative
Swissvotes short-description title: Brutales Sexualdelikt zeitigt politische Folgen: Ja zur Verwahrungsinitiative
Original French title: Initiative pour un internement à vie pour les délinquants dangereux
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/1659
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=de#c=indicator&i=vp20040208.prop_oui_506_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=fr#c=indicator&i=vp20040208.prop_oui_506_0
Official chronology (French): https://bk.admin.ch/fr/details-initiatives-populaires?voteNumber=506