Europe · Northern Europe

Finland

High confidence

Verified 20 May 2026 · Data dated 31 Dec 2024

Fresh · 9d ago

One of the world's lowest incarceration rates. Open prisons hold ~30% of sentenced population.

Data is aggregated from public sources and may be incomplete or out of date. Always verify with primary sources before acting on any figure. See data sources.

Prison population

3,406

Year: 2024

Rate per 100,000

Per 100,000 residents

Occupancy

102.8%

Above design capacity

Pre-trial / remand

25.7%

Share not yet sentenced

Female prisoners

Foreign nationals

20.5%

Conditions risk — across 69 facilities

Average of our computed Conditions Risk Score across the country's facilities. Methodology · Browse highest-risk

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national average

69 unknown

How Finland compares

vs Europe (16) & global averages

Rate per 100,000this: 60 · region: 111 · global: 214

Occupancy ratethis: 103% · region: 96% · global: 125%

Pre-trial sharethis: 26% · region: 28% · global: 32%

The vertical ticks mark the global (grey) and regional (amber) means. Bars are clipped at the high end for readability.

Prison population over time

Annual figures, latest survey year

2000: 2,855-1.9% over 20y2020: 2,800

Prisons in Finland

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69 facilities in our database — showing the first 24.

camp de prisonniers d'Hameenlinna

Finland

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camp de prisonniers de Lappeenranta

Finland

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Espoon paapoliisiaseman poliisivankila

Finland · Espoo

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Feldstraflager III

Finland

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Fellman field

Finland

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Häme county jail

Finland

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Hämeenlinna Prison

Finland · Hämeenlinna

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Capacity

110

Held

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Helsinki County Prison

Finland

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Hennala camp

Finland

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Iskola Prison

Finland

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Isosaari prisoner-of-war camp

Finland

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Jokela Prison

Finland · Jokela

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Jyväskylä prison

Finland · Jyväskylä

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Käyrä prison

Finland · Aura kk

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Kerava prison

Finland · Kerava

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Konnunsuo Prison

Finland

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Kuopio Prison

Finland

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Kylmäkoski prison

Finland

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Lager' dlia voennoplennykh Riitasensuo

Finland

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Luostanlinna

Finland

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Mikkeli prison

Finland

Type

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Capacity

116

Held

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Naarajärvi Prison

Finland · Naarajärvi

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Capacity

101

Held

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Oulu Prison

Finland · Oulu

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Pelso Prison

Finland · Kestilä

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See all 69 prisons in Finland →

Data completeness

100%

Score based on how many fields are populated. We surface this so you know where the gaps are.

National population: 5,640,0002024
Source-verified: 20 May 2026
Source links: 2 cited

Sources

Direct citations for the figures on this page.

Primary reference
World Prison Brief (ICPS, Birkbeck) — Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research
Council of Europe — SPACE statistics — Council of Europe
See /data-sources for our methodology.