Fängelselag

This is the general provisions chapter on the enforcement of imprisonment.

This part is the general provisions chapter on enforcing imprisonment.

This is the general provisions chapter heading for the enforcement of imprisonment.

This provision says the law applies to enforcement of unconditional imprisonment and the conversion of fines into imprisonment.

This section says the law applies to enforcing unconditional prison sentences and converted fines (imprisonment).

This section says the law applies to enforcement of unconditional imprisonment and conversion imprisonment for fines.

Vankeuden täytäntöönpanon tavoitteena on edistää vangin rikoksetonta elämäntapaa, elämänhallintaa ja sijoittumista yhteiskuntaan sekä estää rikoksia rangaistusaikana.

The purpose of enforcing imprisonment is to improve the prisoner’s readiness for a crime-free life and prevent new crimes during the sentence.

The goal of imprisonment enforcement is to help the prisoner live a crime-free life and prevent new offences during the sentence.

Vankeuden täytäntöönpanosta vastaavien viranomaisten on huolehdittava siitä, ettei vangin henkilökohtaiseen koskemattomuuteen puututa oikeudettomasti vankeuden aikana.

Vankeuden täytäntöönpanon on oltava turvallista, ja vankien oikeuksia, koskemattomuutta sekä olosuhteita on suojattava.

Prison sentences must be carried out safely and with only the legal restrictions that are necessary.

Rikosseuraamuslaitos is responsible for enforcing prison sentences, a Prison Health Care Unit under THL is responsible for organizing health care, and a national enforcement unit is responsible for enforcing judgments.

Rikosseuraamuslaitos is responsible for prison execution, and the Prison Health Care Unit under the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare is responsible for organizing healthcare.

Rikosseuraamuslaitos vastaa vankeuden täytäntöönpanosta, ja Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitoksen alainen Vankiterveydenhuollon yksikkö vastaa terveydenhuollon järjestämisestä.

Vankeja on kohdeltava oikeudenmukaisesti ja heidän ihmisarvoaan kunnioittaen; vankeja ei saa asettaa eri asemaan ilman hyväksyttävää syytä, ja alle 21-vuotiaina rikoksensa tehneiden vankeutta täytäntöönpantaessa on kiinnitettävä erityistä huomiota nuoren tarpeisiin.

Vankeja on kohdeltava oikeudenmukaisesti ja heidän ihmisarvoaan kunnioittaen; ilman hyväksyttävää syytä heitä ei saa asettaa eriarvoiseen asemaan. Alle 21-vuotiaana rikoksensa tehneille nuorille vankeutta täytäntöön pantaessa on kiinnitettävä erityistä huomiota ikään ja kehitysvaiheeseen liittyviin tarpeisiin.

Prisoners must be treated fairly and with respect for human dignity, without unjustified discrimination, and special attention must be paid to young offenders’ age- and development-related needs. The provision also defines who counts as a close relative or other close person.

Rikosseuraamuslaitoksen virkamiehen must act fairly and impartially, help maintain prison order and safety, and carry out duties with the least necessary interference and harm.

Rikosseuraamuslaitoksen virkamiehen must act fairly, impartially, and in a way that promotes conciliation, and use the least intrusive means needed to keep prison order and safety.

Rikosseuraamuslaitoksen virkamiehen must act appropriately and impartially, promote conciliation, keep prison order and safety primarily through advice, requests, and commands, and carry out duties with minimum necessary interference and harm.

Vanki on kuultava ennen häntä koskevia päätöksiä, kuten asumista, sijoittamista vankilaan tai toimintaan, kurinpitoa ja muita vastaavia päätöksiä.

The section lists which Prison and Probation Service officials have decision-making authority and lets certain senior officials take over a matter individually in specific cases.

The section lists which Prison and Probation Service officers have decision-making authority, and gives certain managers the power to take over specific cases individually.

Rikosseuraamuslaitoksen virkamiehet käyttävät tässä laissa tarkoitettua päätösvaltaa rikosseuraamusalueella, and certain officials may take over individual cases for decision.

Outside office hours, if the matter cannot wait, the on-call official may exercise the prison unit chief’s decision-making power in listed urgent prison matters and may also decide sentence-time matters. Only a prison unit chief may serve as the on-call official.

Off-hours, the on-duty official of the Criminal Sanctions Agency may use the prison unit head’s decision-making powers in specified urgent prison matters, and only a prison unit head may serve as the on-duty official.

Outside office hours, an on-call prison administration officer may exercise certain decision-making powers if the matter cannot wait.

The head of the Criminal Sanctions Agency’s operational function area may, in an individual case, take over certain prisoner decisions from an agency official.

The head of the Rikosseuraamuslaitos operational responsibility area may, in an individual case, take over decisions on a prisoner’s placement, transfer, participation in outside activities, or leave, if there is reason to suspect gang-related activity, continued crime during imprisonment, a security risk, or if needed to protect the prisoner’s safety.

The central administration unit of the Prison and Probation Service may, in an individual case, decide matters normally handled by a prison official about a prisoner's placement, transfer, participation in activities outside prison, or prison leave.

Rikosseuraamuslaitoksen virkamies may receive police assistance for performing official duties, free of charge.

Rikosseuraamuslaitoksen virkamies is entitled to free police assistance for carrying out official duties.

A Criminal Sanctions Agency officer is entitled to police assistance for performing official duties.

This section says that the job titles and eligibility requirements for Prison and Probation Service officials, and the processing of personal data related to enforcement of sentences, are regulated separately.

This section says that the job titles and qualification requirements of Criminal Sanctions Agency officials, and the processing of personal data related to sentence enforcement, are regulated separately.

This section says that the job titles and qualification requirements of Criminal Sanctions Agency officials, and personal data processing related to sentence enforcement, are regulated separately.

Courts must promptly notify the Enforcement Agency after sentencing an unconditional prison term, and the sentence must be enforced promptly once final or enforceable.

Tuomioistuimen on ilmoitettava ehdottomasta vankeusrangaistuksesta Rikosseuraamuslaitokselle ilman aiheetonta viivytystä, ja Rikosseuraamuslaitos määrää tuomitulle ilmoittautumisajan ja -paikan.

This section says prison sentences must be started without undue delay, and the Criminal Sanctions Agency must set the reporting time and prison where the sentenced person must appear.

Vankeusrangaistuksen täytäntöönpano voidaan aloittaa ennen lainvoimaa, jos vangittu tuomittu suostuu siihen. Rikosseuraamuslaitos voi myös etsintäkuuluttaa tuomitun tai vangin tietyissä täytäntöönpanoon liittyvissä tilanteissa.

A detained convicted person may start serving the prison sentence before the judgment becomes final if they consent and accept the sentence. The Criminal Sanctions Agency may also issue a wanted notice in specified nonappearance, evasion, escape, or breach-of-conditions situations.

Vankeusrangaistuksen täytäntöönpano voidaan tietyin edellytyksin aloittaa ennen lainvoimaa, ja Rikosseuraamuslaitos voi etsintäkuuluttaa tuomitun tietyissä tilanteissa.

Execution of a prison sentence must be delayed if starting it would endanger treatment of a serious illness or severe injury, or if prison treatment would cause significant difficulties; a pregnant sentenced person may also be granted a delay until recovery from childbirth.

Vankeusrangaistuksen tai muuntorangaistuksen täytäntöönpanoa voidaan lykätä terveydellisistä syistä, ja raskaana olevalle tuomitulle voidaan myöntää lykkäys synnytyksestä toipumiseen asti.

A convicted person who is pregnant may be granted a delay in sentence enforcement until she has recovered from childbirth.

A convicted person may get a postponement of prison sentence execution, and in some cases converted-fine execution, if the legal conditions are met.

This section allows postponing enforcement of a prison sentence, and in some cases a fine-conversion sentence, if the delay would materially reduce losses or difficulties for the convicted person or closely connected others.

A convicted person may get a delay in serving a prison sentence if the delay would significantly reduce losses or difficulties, but only within the stated time limits and only if no listed refusal ground applies.

The first postponement application delays enforcement of a prison sentence, or prison sentences to be enforced at the same time, until a decision is made on the application.

The first application for postponement suspends enforcement of a prison sentence, or prison sentences being enforced at the same time, until a decision is made on the application.

First postponement application suspends enforcement of imprisonment until the application is decided.

Täytäntöönpanon lykkäys on peruutettava, jos sen myöntämisen jälkeen ilmenee tietyt riskit tai jos lykkäyksen edellytykset eivät enää ole olemassa.

Täytäntöönpanon lykkäys on peruutettava, jos sen myöntämisen jälkeen ilmenee pakoilun tai rikollisen toiminnan jatkamisen vaara, tai jos lykkäyksen edellytykset eivät enää ole olemassa.

An enforcement deferral must be revoked if a risk emerges that the convicted person will evade enforcement or continue criminal activity, or if the deferral conditions no longer exist.

A person serving a conversion sentence in prison gets a short period to pay the fine; if the fine is paid in time, the conversion sentence lapses.

A person serving a conversion sentence in prison gets time to pay the fine, and the conversion sentence lapses if the fine is paid in full within that time.

A fine payment deadline of up to two months may be granted before substitute punishment enforcement begins, subject to listed custody-related conditions.

The unit head or another designated prison administration official decides on postponing a prison sentence or fine conversion sentence, on cancelling a postponement, and on wanted notices for a convicted person or prisoner.

The unit head or another designated official decides on postponing certain prison and fine-conversion sentences, revoking a postponement, and ordering or cancelling a wanted notice for a convicted person or prisoner.

A person sentenced to conversion imprisonment may have the conversion sentence lapse by paying the unpaid converted fines in full within five business days after arriving at prison.

A Prison and Probation Service officer may apprehend a convicted person in the unit area for starting enforcement, must notify the police, and may hand the person over to the police if needed.

A Criminal Sanctions Agency officer may detain a wanted sentenced person in a unit area to start enforcement, must notify the police, and may hand the person over to police if needed.

Muuntorangaistusta ei saa panna täytäntöön, kun sakotettu on hoidettavana päihdehuollon laitoksessa tai lastensuojelulaitoksessa.

The Government Decree may set detailed rules for starting and postponing prison sentence enforcement, enforcing a non-final judgment, hearing the convicted person, issuing a wanted notice, and paying a fine in prison. The Prison and Probation Service may also issue detailed regulations on how the unit that conducts the hearing is chosen.

The Government Decree may set detailed rules for starting and delaying prison sentence execution, executing a non-final judgment, hearing the convicted person, wanted notices, and paying a fine in prison. The Prison and Probation Service may also issue detailed rules on how the unit that conducts the convicted person’s hearing is determined.

This section assigns decision-making authority for postponements, revocations, payment time, and wanted notices, and requires a medical statement for health-based postponement requests.

Fixed-term imprisonment is calculated in days; years count as 365 days and months as 30 days.

When a fixed-term prison sentence is being enforced, the sentence length is counted in days; years count as 365 days and months as 30 days.

A Rikosseuraamuslaitoksen officer may take a wanted convict into custody in the relevant unit area to start enforcement, must notify the police, and may hand the person over to the police if needed.

The length of the conversion punishment is calculated by the number of days.

Muuntorangaistuksen pituus lasketaan päiväluvun mukaan.

The Government Decree may issue detailed rules on starting and postponing prison sentence enforcement, enforcing judgments that are not yet final, hearing the convicted person, wanted notices, and paying fines in prison. The Prison and Probation Service’s central administration unit may issue detailed rules on how the unit responsible for hearing the convicted person is determined.

This section sets when a prison sentence starts, depending on whether the convicted person is already detained, later taken into custody, already in prison for another reason, or otherwise loses liberty.

This section says when a prison sentence starts, depending on whether the convicted person is already detained, later taken into custody, or otherwise deprived of liberty.

This section says how fixed-term imprisonment terms are calculated and when they count as fully served.

If a prison sentence is served together with or separately from a conversion penalty, the sentences must be combined.

If custodial sentences and substitute punishments are carried out together or separately, they must be added together.

Conversion punishment duration is calculated by day count.

Muuntorangaistusten yhteenlaskettu aika saa olla samalla rangaistuskaudella enintään 90 päivää.

Muuntorangaistusten yhteenlaskettu aika saa olla samalla rangaistuskaudella enintään 90 päivää.

This section sets when a prison sentence starts, depending on whether the convicted person is already detained, later detained, wanted, or already in prison for another reason.

If a sentence has been increased because the opposing party appealed, the part to be served is only the difference between the current enforceable sentence and the earlier shorter one.

If a sentence being enforced has been increased because of the convicted person’s opponent’s appeal request, the enforceable punishment is the difference between the current sentence and the earlier, shorter sentence.

If prison sentences and conversion penalties are being served together or separately, they must be counted together.

Rules on when a prisoner’s time counts toward the sentence, including escapes, unauthorized absence, late return, and correction of decision errors.

The section says when time outside prison counts toward a sentence, when it does not, and when errors in a sentence-time decision may be corrected.

Muuntorangaistusten yhteenlaskettu aika saa olla samalla rangaistuskaudella enintään 90 päivää.

A named enforcement officer and a unit head have decision-making power over certain prison-related matters.

Päätösvalta kuuluu tietyissä rangaistusaikaa ja vapauttamista koskevissa asioissa täytäntöönpanosta vastaavalle virkamiehelle sekä erikseen täytäntöönpanoyksikön yksikönpäällikölle.

If a sentence has been lengthened because of the opponent’s appeal request, the sentence to be served is the difference between the currently enforceable sentence and the earlier, shorter sentence.

Rikosseuraamuslaitos may issue more detailed rules on how sentence time is calculated.

Rikosseuraamuslaitos may issue more detailed rules on how sentence time is calculated.

Säännös kertoo, milloin vangin poissaoloaikaa ei lasketa rangaistusajaksi ja milloin ulkona vietetty aika lasketaan rangaistusajaksi.

Open-prison inmates may stay and move around certain prison areas, workplaces, and other activity points without immediate supervision, and they may be monitored with technical devices.

The section says prisons are either closed prisons or open institutions, and open-prison inmates may move around without immediate supervision.

Täytäntöönpanosta vastaava virkamies päättää rangaistusaikaa koskevasta päätöksestä ja ehdonalaisesta vapauttamisesta tietyissä tilanteissa. Täytäntöönpanojohtaja päättää 7 §:n 3 momentissa tarkoitetusta rangaistusajaksi lukemisesta.

A prisoner may be given the chance to notify a close relative or other person that they have been taken to prison.

The provision states the grounds for placing a prisoner in prison, requires that a prisoner be allowed to inform a close family member or other close person of the detention, and requires the detention information to be entered in the criminal sanctions register.

Rikosseuraamuslaitoksen keskushallintoyksikkö antaa tarkemmat määräykset rangaistusajan laskemisesta.

Certain prison-related travel costs may be paid from state funds.

Prisoners’ travel costs for arrival at prison, release, and certain hearing-related trips are paid from state funds, and some other travel costs may also be reimbursed if justified.

Vankilat voivat olla suljettuja vankiloita tai avolaitoksia. Avolaitoksessa olevat vangit voivat liikkua ja oleskella alueilla ilman välitöntä valvontaa, ja heitä voidaan valvoa teknisillä välineillä.

Prisoners must be informed promptly about prison conditions, prisoner rights and duties, and key legal and oversight information must be available in common languages.

Prisoners must be informed about prison conditions and prisoners’ rights and duties, and information must be available in common languages used in the prison.

Pykälä kertoo, mihin asiakirjoihin vangin, muuntorangaistukseen tuomitun ja tutkintavangin ottaminen vankilaan perustuu, ja että vangille on annettava tilaisuus ilmoittaa läheiselleen sekä tieto ottamisesta merkitään täytäntöönpanorekisteriin.

A prisoner arriving at a prison must be inspected in the presence of a witness.

A prisoner arriving at a prison must be inspected in the presence of a witness.

The provision says certain prisoner travel costs are paid from state funds, and some other prisoner travel costs may be reimbursed if justified.

A prisoner sentence plan must be prepared as an individual plan for serving the sentence, release, and conditional release.

A prisoner must have an individualized sentence plan for serving the sentence, release, and conditional release.

Prisoners must be promptly informed about prison conditions, their rights and duties, and key legal information must be available in commonly used languages.

Rikosseuraamuslaitos laatii vankeuteen tuomitulle rangaistusajan suunnitelman ja seuraa sen toteutumista.

Rikosseuraamuslaitos must prepare a sentence-time plan for a person sentenced to imprisonment, and it may update the plan if circumstances change or for another acceptable reason.

A prisoner arriving at prison must be inspected in the presence of a witness; in a closed prison, the inspection also includes changing clothes.

Alle 18-vuotias on sijoitettava vankilaan niin, että hänet voidaan pitää erillään aikuisista vangeista, ellei hänen etunsa vaadi muuta.

Prison placement must take account of several factors, and prisoners should not be placed in a more secure unit than security and custody needs require. Minors under 18 must be placed so they can be kept separate from adult prisoners unless their best interests require otherwise.

Viranomaisen on laadittava vangille yksilöllinen rangaistusajan suunnitelma, jota täydennetään ennen todennäköistä vapauttamista.

Tuomittu voidaan tietyin edellytyksin sijoittaa suoraan avolaitokseen, mutta hänet on sijoitettava suljettuun vankilaan tietyissä riskitilanteissa tai jos tilaa ei ole.

A convicted person can be placed in an open institution only if sobriety and sobriety monitoring conditions are accepted, and must be placed in a closed prison in certain cases.

Rangaistusajan suunnitelma laaditaan ja sitä seurataan vankilaviranomaisten toimesta, yhteistyössä vankeuteen tuomitun kanssa ja tarvittaessa muiden viranomaisten kanssa.

This section says that a prisoner's child being placed in prison and the arrangement of care are governed by the Child Welfare Act.

The provision says that a prisoner’s child’s placement in prison and the arrangement of care are governed by the Child Welfare Act.

When placing prisoners in prison, placement should take account of the prisoner’s home, family ties, age, sex, health, prior offending, personal wishes, and opportunities under the sentence plan. Prisoners should not be placed in a more closed prison or unit than security and custody needs require. Prisoners under 18 must be kept apart from adult prisoners unless the child’s best interests require otherwise.

Three Rikosseuraamuslaitos officials are given decision-making power over sentence plans, prisoner placement, reporting time, travel cost compensation, and which open institutions use technical monitoring.

This section gives specific prison-administration officials the power to decide on sentence plans, prisoner placement, reporting dates, travel-cost compensation, and which open institutions use technical monitoring.

A convicted person may be placed directly from liberty into an open prison if the sentence includes a fine conversion penalty and no more than two years’ imprisonment, and open-prison placement requires sobriety and monitoring consent.

The Government may issue more detailed rules on enforcement documents, delivery of sentenced persons to prison, recording admission checks, and the content and preparation of the sentence plan. The Criminal Sanctions Agency may issue more detailed rules on admission checks, assessment, placement in open prison, and planned implementation of the sentence.

More detailed rules on implementation documents, transport to prison, intake inspection recording, and sentence planning are issued by government decree; further rules on intake inspection, assessment, placement in an open institution, and planned execution of the sentence are issued by the Criminal Sanctions Agency.

The provision says that placement of a prisoner’s child in prison and arrangements for the child’s care are regulated by the Child Welfare Act.

Vankila may have different types of departments, and men and women must be kept in separate housing units.

Vankilassa voi olla eri tasoisia osastoja, ja sijoittamisessa on huomioitava määrätyt turvallisuus- ja henkilökohtaiset tekijät. Miehet ja naiset on pidettävä erillään, mutta tästä voidaan poiketa, jos se on välttämätöntä turvallisuuden suojaamiseksi.

This section assigns decision-making power over certain prison-related matters to specified correctional officials and the central administration unit.

Under-18 prisoners must be kept separate from adult prisoners unless the minor’s best interests require otherwise.

Alle 18-vuotias vanki pidetään erillään aikuisista vangeista, ellei hänen etunsa vaadi muuta.

More detailed rules on enforcement documents, assessment-centre duties, prisoner transfer, intake inspection records, and sentence planning are issued by government decree, and the Prison and Probation Service central administration unit may issue further detailed regulations on certain related matters.

A prisoner may request separate housing from other prisoners if they have a justified reason to fear for their personal safety.

A prisoner may request separate or partly separate accommodation if they have a justified reason to fear for their personal safety.

Prisons may have different types of sections, and men and women must be kept in separate housing sections.

Vangille on varattava mahdollisuus asua sopimusosastolla.

Vangille on varattava mahdollisuus asua sopimusosastolla, jossa sitoudutaan toimintaan ja päihteettömyyden valvontaan.

A prisoner under 18 must be kept separate from adult prisoners unless the prisoner's best interests require otherwise.

A prison unit isolated from other prisons may be established for security reasons by decision of the head of the Prison and Probation Service’s operational division. Prisoners placed there must not have their rights restricted more than is strictly necessary, and they must be closely monitored, including their health.

A prison security unit may be established by the responsible director for security reasons, and prisoners placed there must not have their rights restricted beyond what is strictly necessary; such prisoners and their health must be closely monitored.

A prisoner may request separate or partial separate housing from other prisoners if they have a justified reason to believe their personal safety is threatened.

A prisoner may be placed in a security unit if there are justified grounds to suspect certain serious misconduct or escape-related risks, or if security or the prisoner’s own safety justify it.

A prisoner may be placed in a security unit if there is reasonable cause to suspect certain serious risks or conduct.

Prisoners must be given the opportunity to live in a contract ward with organized activities and sobriety monitoring.

A prisoner’s placement in a secure unit may not continue longer than necessary, the decision and reasons must be reconsidered at least every three months, and the reasons must be given to the prisoner unless doing so would create a safety risk or hinder the investigation.

Vangin sijoittamista varmuusosastolle ei saa jatkaa pidempään kuin on välttämätöntä, ja sijoittaminen sekä sen perusteet on arvioitava uudelleen enintään kolmen kuukauden välein. Perusteet on lisäksi ilmoitettava vangille, ellei siitä aiheudu vaaraa turvallisuudelle tai haittaa rikoksen selvittämiselle.

The central unit of the Prison and Probation Service may decide to set up a security section in a prison for safety reasons.

Prison departments must have a daily schedule.

Prison sections must have a day order.

A prisoner may be placed in a security unit if there is reason to suspect escape, serious offending, attempted release, serious prison-security risk, or if placement is needed for the prisoner’s own safety.

This section assigns decision-making powers over prison unit schedules, inmate placement, separate housing on request, hospital admission/discharge, and placement in the security unit.

This provision assigns decision-making power over prison unit schedules and several prisoner placement and health-care transfer decisions to specified officials.

Varmuusosastolle sijoittamista ei saa jatkaa pidempään kuin on välttämätöntä, ja sijoittamispäätös sekä sen perusteet on tarkistettava enintään kolmen kuukauden välein.

A prisoner may be transferred from a closed prison to an open prison for a fixed period or for the remaining sentence if the listed conditions are met.

A prisoner may be transferred from a closed prison to an open facility for a fixed period or to serve the remainder of the sentence if the listed conditions are met.

Vankilan osastoilla tulee olla päiväjärjestys.

A prisoner may be transferred from an open prison to a closed prison if listed conditions are met, and may be moved immediately for certain investigations, checks, or solitary confinement; a prisoner who misses the open prison deadline without a valid reason must be taken to a prison designated by the assessment unit.

A prisoner may be moved from an open prison to a closed prison if listed conditions are met, and a prisoner who misses the deadline without a valid reason must be sent to the prison designated by the customer assessment unit.

This section gives prison officials and prison health officials power to decide on daily schedules, placement, separate housing requests, hospital admission/discharge, and placement in a security unit.

A prisoner may be moved between prisons, including from a closed prison to another closed prison or from an open facility to another open facility, when the move is justified by the sentence plan or other reasons and the prisoner is expected to adapt; some transfers may happen without the prisoner’s consent.

Vanki voidaan siirtää toiseen vankilaan tietyissä tilanteissa, ja lyhytaikainen siirto on mahdollinen esimerkiksi tapaamisen tai poistumisluvan järjestämiseksi.

A prisoner may be moved from a closed prison to an open institution for a fixed period or for the remaining sentence if the listed conditions are met.

Vangille on viipymättä hänen saavuttuaan toiseen vankilaan järjestettävä tilaisuus ilmoittaa siirrosta lähiomaiselleen tai muulle läheiselleen.

Vangille on annettava viipymättä mahdollisuus ilmoittaa siirrostaan läheiselle.

A prisoner may be transferred from an open prison to a closed prison when certain misconduct, security, suitability, custody, or request-based conditions are met.

A prisoner must be brought to court when summoned, and may be released from prison temporarily for a personal hearing before another authority, with a seven-day maximum unless there is a particularly weighty reason.

A prisoner must be brought to court on summons. If summoned to be heard personally by another authority, the prisoner may be allowed outside prison for the time needed for the hearing, normally for no more than 7 days including travel time, unless there is a very weighty reason. Necessary supervision must be arranged, and the time outside prison counts as sentence time.

Vanki voidaan siirtää toiseen vankilaan tietyin perustein, myös ilman omaa suostumustaan, ja siirron jälkeen hänen on mahdollisuuksien mukaan voitava jatkaa suunnitelmansa mukaista toimintaa ja saada tarvitsemaansa hoitoa.

This section says which prison officials decide inmate transfers and related release outside prison, with a different decision-maker if the outside stay lasts more than seven days or if special transfer conditions apply.

Tämä pykälä antaa päätösvallan vangin siirtämisestä, vankilan ulkopuolelle päästämisestä ja joissakin tilanteissa päätösvallan siirtämisestä määrätyille vankeinhoidon virkamiehille.

Vangille on järjestettävä heti toiseen vankilaan saapumisen jälkeen mahdollisuus ilmoittaa siirrostaan läheiselleen.

The Government may issue more detailed rules on the procedure for transferring a prisoner, and the Criminal Sanctions Agency may issue more detailed instructions on prisoner transfers.

Vangin siirtoa koskevista tarkemmista säännöksistä säädetään valtioneuvoston asetuksella, ja Rikosseuraamuslaitos antaa tarkemmat määräykset siirtämisestä.

A prisoner must be brought to court when summoned, may be taken outside prison for a personal hearing before another authority, and time outside prison counts as sentence time.

Prisoner transport is governed by separate provisions.

Vangin kuljetuksessa noudatetaan erikseen säädettyjä säännöksiä.

This section assigns who may decide on prisoner transfers and related release outside prison, and requires consent for some inter-region transfers.

Prisoners must have suitable living and washing facilities, access to toilets at all times, and alarm equipment in closed areas where prisoners are kept.

Vankien käytössä on oltava asianmukaiset asuin- ja peseytymistilat, pääsy WC-tiloihin kaikkina aikoina sekä suljetuissa säilytystiloissa hälytyslaite henkilökunnan tavoittamiseksi.

Vangin siirron tarkemmista määräyksistä päättää Rikosseuraamuslaitoksen keskushallintoyksikkö.

Vangin on käytettävä omia vaatteitaan avolaitoksessa; suljetussa vankilassa omia vaatteita saa käyttää, mutta käyttöä voidaan rajoittaa turvallisuus-, järjestys-, valvonta- ja työturvallisuussyistä. Vankilalla on myös velvollisuuksia antaa soveltuva vaatetus tietyissä tilanteissa.

Vanki must use own clothes in an open prison, and in a closed prison prisoners may use their own clothes unless limited for security, supervision, or work safety reasons.

Prisoner transport must follow whatever is separately regulated for it.

Prisoners must care for their own clothes and keep prison-issued clothing in proper condition. The prison must provide a way for prisoners to wash their own clothes or have them washed.

Prisoners must care for their own clothes, and the prison must provide a way for them to wash or have those clothes washed.

Vankien käytössä on oltava asianmukaiset asuin- ja peseytymistilat, WC-tiloihin on oltava pääsy kaikkina vuorokauden aikoina, ja suljetuissa säilytystiloissa on oltava hälytyslaite henkilökunnan tavoittamiseksi.

The prisoner must, during free time, take care of cleaning and upkeep of the living room and common areas, as well as household chores.

A prisoner must, in free time, keep their living room and common areas clean and tidy and do household chores.

Prisoners in open prisons must wear their own clothes, while prisoners in closed prisons may use their own clothes. Use of personal clothing can be restricted for order, security, supervision, or occupational safety reasons, and suitable clothing must be provided in some work or absence-of-clothing situations.

Prison food service must provide inmates with healthy, varied, and sufficient food, with meal replacements or food money if all daily meals are not provided.

Prison food service must ensure prisoners get healthy, varied, and sufficient food.

The prisoner must care for their own clothes and keep prison-issued clothing in proper condition. The prison must provide a way for the prisoner’s own clothes to be washed, either in the prison or at the prisoner’s expense through the prison outside the prison.

Prisoners must be allowed outdoor exercise for at least one hour a day unless health, order, or safety reasons prevent it. Smoking is banned indoors, with specific smoking access rules for closed and open prisons, and prison premises tobacco possession may be restricted for order and safety.

Prisons must allow prisoners at least one hour outdoors each day, unless health or a very weighty security/order reason prevents it, and must provide limited smoking opportunities in closed and open prisons.

Prisoners must, in their free time, take care of cleaning and keeping their living room and common areas clean, as well as housework.

This section assigns decision-making power over prisoner outdoor exercise, restrictions on prisoners’ own clothes, diet exceptions, meal money, and a smoking ban in prison.