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Penal institution
Penal institution (types of institution) include closed and open institutions.
Open institutions include open prisons, open prison units and labour colonies which the criminal sanctions agency has ordered to function as open institutions. Open prisons are independent institutions whereas open prison units function administratively under some closed institution.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Related concepts
Penal institution (types of institution) include prisons, open institutions and juvenile detention centres.
Prisons are either closed or open institutions.
Open institutions include open prisons, labour colonies and other penal institutions which the criminal sanctions agency has ordered to function as open institutions. Open prisons are independent institutions whereas open prison units function administratively under some closed institution. Labour colonies are founded for specific purposes. Labour colonies often serve to restore significant cultural history objects in collaboration with the National Board of Antiquities and Historical Monuments (e.g. Suomenlinna) and undertake other socially significant construction and reparation work.
A juvenile detention centre is a specific institution or unit in an institution.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- 1 January 1900 - 30 September 2006
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Related concepts
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