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Finland

Capital city — Helsinki

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Panorama

Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

8.3 % (241)
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01/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Percentage of untried female prisoners

27.5 % (56)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45

Percentage of foreign female prisoners

14.7 % (30)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 45

Mothers are allowed to keep their children with them

yes, until 3 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 32

Minors

Minimum age of imprisonment for minors

15 years old

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2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 41

Incarcerated minors

0.2 %

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01/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Foreign prisoners

Number and percentage of foreign prisoners

18.5 % (511)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 62

Long-term prisoners

People serving a life sentence

8.5 % (177)
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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 53

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

23.6 % (686)
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01/01/2020
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Elderly prisoners

Number and percentage of elderly prisoners

2 % (55)

(≥ 65 years)

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31/01/2020
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I – Report 2020, p. 42

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 1972