2021年11月16日 · My two biggest takeaways from visiting Finland’s open prisons are that researchers guide prison policy and the system used to be less humane. In the 1800s, Finland — like other countries — supposed solitary confinement would control the prisoners through penance and religion.

2020年2月18日 · Rather than punishing prisoners, Finland's open prisons focus on rehabilitation and preparation for a smooth reentry into society. A cell at the Ojoinen open prison. The prisoners typically share rooms and are allowed a few personal possessions. Image: Ronan Browne / Yle.

2021年9月2日 · This project aims to report a series of stories about Finland's prisons and their race issues that would be useful for Chicago as criminal justice reform continues to be a forefront issue in a racially divided city.

2021年11月18日 · One-third of Finland’s prisons operate as open. In my travels to Finland to report on open prisons, I learned the model is seen as successful because it hasn’t led to a rise in crime.

Finland has 27 prisons of which 15 are closed prisons and 12 open prisons. In closed prisons, the movement of prisoners is more restricted and controlled than in open prisons.

You can find an “open prison” – yes, there is such a thing – on the main island of the Suomenlinna fortress, one of Helsinki’s most popular tourist sites. Strange-looking prison: The "labour colony" sign is a remnant of the past.

2015年4月18日 · About a third of Finnish inmates are housed in open prison, and Finland’s Criminal Sanctions Agency says inmates who go through open prisons are less likely to be arrested again. The reoffending rate drops almost 20 percent.

The Suomenlinna prison is an open prison in Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland, founded in 1971. It was previously known as the Suomenlinna penal colony. The prison is located at the southern tip of the island of Iso-Mustasaari.

The Prison Service enforces the prison sentences and fine conversion sentences judged by the courts of justice and detentions and apprehensions connected to trials. The Prison Service has altogether more than 30 prisons located in various parts of Finland: 17 closed institutions, 18 open institutions and two hospital units.

2014年11月10日 · Finland had one of the highest prison populations in western Europe until the 1970s. Since then, the imprisonment rate has fallen to the low Nordic average but crime rates have stayed the same. In 2014 (latest figures) Finland had 57 prisoners per 100,000 of population; Scotland has 147 – almost three times more.