Finland

Capital city — Helsinki

Country population
5,530,719
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2020
/ World Bank
Type of government
Parliamentary republic
Human Development Index
0.938
11/188
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2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
1.6
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2020
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice
Total number of prisoners
2,756
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
50
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 33.
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
5.5
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2019
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 124.
Prison density
91 %
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01/01/2021
/ 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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01/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
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01/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
23.6 %
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01/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1972

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Safeguards

Physical integrity

Number of deaths in custody

6

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112

Number of deaths attributed to suicide

1

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112

Death rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

22

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112

Suicide rate in custody (per 10,000 prisoners)

4

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2019

/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 112

National Preventive Mechanisms and other external control bodies

An NPM has been established

yes, since 2013