Finland

Capital city — Helsinki

Country population
5,517,919
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01/2019
/ Eurostat
Type of government
Parliamentary Republic
Human Development Index
0.925
(12/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.2
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
2,910
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
53
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2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
5.9
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2018
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2019, p. 119
Prison density
101 %
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
26
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2018
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2013
Female prisoners
8.3 %
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
23.6 %
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01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1972
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PdM

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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

8.3 % (242)

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01/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.2 % (6)

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01/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

23.6 % (686)

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01/2020

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1972

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