After receiving the prison sentence, Jon was in November 1998, after eleven months in Gothenburg custody, transferred to the maximum-security prison in Kumla, where all Swedish prisoners with a sentence above four years end up before it is decided where the prisoner eventually should be placed. Therefore, Jon was later transferred to the prison in Tidaholm, which was the closest high-security prison to Gothenburg.

In Tidaholm he did his time on the heavy, maximum-security L-block for long timers only. Tidaholm being by far one of the toughest prison environments in Sweden were several murders and killings have taken place over the years. Here, Jon worked in the prison industry during the days, spending the nights reading books and practicing on his acoustic guitar. This was to become the daily routine for quite some time. Eventually, Jon got the possibility to go to school inside the prison during the day instead of the brainless monotonous work in the "mines". However, the most significant studying took place in the evenings and during the nights, after lock-down in his cell, where he would seriously study the vast spheres of the dark sides of mythological, philosophical and esoteric tradition.

The flame of DISSECTION was burning still, and strongly so, and every day Jon was reminded of his unfinished work. Not least by the amounts of support mail from the fans, but also by the media (both mainstream and underground) making desperate attempts for making interviews. All in vain however, since Jon consistently was turning down and ignoring every offer for publicity. He figured that there was no reason for giving interviews yet and that the time was not right. He had to do his time, everybody knew that anyway, and nothing would officially happen with DISSECTION for a couple of years.

Instead, he would focus on that which no matter what could be done, namely the music. Slowly new material started to manifest. Already existing raw material was being refined and worked out into songs. The light could be seen, but still far away, at the end of the tunnel. There where yet many years left of the sentence. Songs were arranged and re-arranged, and over the course of time, old and new material would mature and evolve into eleven songs. Eleven songs intended and destined for the future recording of the third DISSECTION studio album.

During the years in prison, Jon kept in touch with his old friend Bård "Faust" Eithun, who was doing time behind Norwegian bars since 1993. Faust used to be the drummer in Emperor, one of the leading acts out of the Norwegian Black Metal scene at the time, strongly connected to the Black Circle. It was during these years back in the beginning of the nineties that Faust and Jon came to know each other. Faust, who now was serving a 14-year prison sentence for killing a man in 1992, was finally heading for parole in 2002. This resulted in Faust joining the force and entering the dark path of DISSECTION.

So far having consistently refused any cooperation with the media whatsoever, even turning down a large amount of money from a commercial Scandinavian TV channel, Jon instead decides to give the privilege to the Metal underground bible, Slayer Magazine, a true DISSECTION supporter throughout the years. So in 2002, parallel to Faust’s entrance into the group, Jon finally gives his first interview since his arrest, for the first time officially declaring the return of DISSECTION.

Now the circle was broken, and freedom just around the corner. 2003, on February the 17th, "Live Legacy", recorded at their massive show at the Wacken Open Air festival in Germany back in 1997, finally hit the stores after being postponed for almost six years (this show yet having surfaced as a bootleg with poor sound quality). However, with "Live Legacy" finally released on Nuclear Blast Records this show was now available with a killer sound and package and its immediate and gigantic response creating a massive surge all over the globe, confirming an even bigger pressure and demand for a new DISSECTION release than expected after so many years.

In the spring of 2003 Jonas Håkansson, who had been running the unofficial DISSECTION website "Home of the Reaper" with great dedication for many years, becomes the official webmaster of the first official DISSECTION website on the net, working closely with the band itself. This is the only medium following DISSECTION from the inside, with close and direct communication with the band. A service that has been clearly missing over the years. Here’s where you’ll find out about things first. No false rumours, no misinformation, no bullshit!

Having once again proved their impact on the worldwide Metal scene, DISSECTION still holds the status as one of the bestselling acts ever on Nuclear Blast Records, with a large and loyal following that has been constantly growing and keeping the flame of DISSECTION burning in the scene throughout the years.

Jon is now doing the last time out of his sentence before his release 2004. The last years he has been able to engage in many constructive activities such as recording the pre-production and making demos of the songs for the forthcoming studio album.

Despite being deprived of his physical freedom for many years, Jon has still succeeded in turning his time behind bars into something meaningful and creative, by actively dealing with his situation, by always looking forward and planning for his release and returning to freedom.

"I’m never going back to prison again", he says. "I know what I want from life and I am going to get it. Yet, without the ordeals of these years in prison, I would not be where I am today. These years have made me so much stronger." "I have been lucky. I have had so much support from those on the outside, my family, my brothers and sisters on the left hand path, and the unfaltering legions supporting DISSECTION out there. I have had the blessings of the dark gods to reawaken my black flame!"

Even though DISSECTION back in 1997 drastically was forced into a long-term interruption, at a very important stage in their career when they were just about to break through on the major scale, their music lived on and still keeps on attracting new hordes of fans. Their recordings and shows being bootlegged in multitude and all their releases held as jewels by the fans, constantly selling in high numbers.

They will now finally record their long-awaited third studio album during 2004 at Abyss studios, Sweden. So, once and for all, let the cry of war be heard! DISSECTION is back, preparing for the great return! Stronger, deadlier, hungrier and more alive than ever, they are heading for limitless becoming and relentless victory! You have seen nothing yet!