Print version| Country | FINLAND | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ministry responsible | Ministry of Justice (Oikeusministerio) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prison administration | The Criminal Sanctions Agency (Rikosseuraamuslaitos) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Contact address | P O Box 319, Albertinkatu 25, FIN-00181 Helsinki, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Telephone/fax/website | tel: +358 9 1601 fax: +358 9 1608 8556 or 8410 Web: www.vankeinhoito.fi/ |
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| Head of prison administration
(and title) |
Esa Vesterbacka
Director General |
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| Prison population total
(including pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners) |
3,214
at 1.1.2012 (national prison administration - not including 76 remand prisoners in police establishments) |
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| Prison population rate
(per 100,000 of national population) |
60
based on an estimated national population of 5.4 million at beginning of 2012 (from Eurostat figures) |
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| Pre-trial detainees / remand prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
18.1%
(1.1.2012 - not including 76 remand prisoners in police establishments) |
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| Female prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
6.7%
(1.1.2012) |
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| Juveniles / minors / young prisoners
incl. definition (percentage of prison population) |
0.3%
(1.1.2012 - under 18) |
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| Foreign prisoners
(percentage of prison population) |
14.5%
(1.1.2012) |
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| Number of establishments /
institutions |
30
(2011 - 28 prisons, 2 prison hospitals of which one is a psychiatric hospital) |
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| Official capacity of prison system | 3,092
(1.1.2012) |
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| Occupancy level (based on official
capacity) |
100%
(1.1.2012 - excluding 121 prisoners on early release from the prison) |
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| Recent prison population trend
(year, prison population total, prison population rate) |
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