The prison was established in January 1993 in the Kylmäkoski municipality. Legit.ng reported that Ekpa was arrested in November in Finland and subsequently sent to prison by the district court of ...

Prosecutors in Finland are demanding a ten-year prison sentence for murder after a 32-year-old British cyclist allegedly ...

In Finland's "open prison" system, there are no gates or locks — inmates come and go in their own cars. Instead of cell blocks with bars or glass windows, inmates stay in dormitories equipped ...

Finland, long heralded as a pioneer in humane prison practices, is trying to bridge this gap. Over the past two years, some ...

The Finnish government has announced plans to tighten the requirements for obtaining permanent residence permits, extending ...

A few countries restrict the vote for a short period after conclusion of the prison term: Finland and New Zealand, for example, restrict the vote for several years after completion of sentence ...