Fängelselag

This section assigns decision-making power over prisoner exercise denial, clothing restrictions, meal exceptions, and food money to specified prison officials, and allows a supervising official to give a prisoner permitted personal clothing.

Prison food service must provide inmates with healthy, varied, and sufficient food, and special diets are allowed for health or justified belief reasons.

The Government Decree and the Criminal Sanctions Agency may issue detailed rules on prisoner food allowance criteria and on food, basic care, housing, and handling/storing tobacco items and ignition devices.

The Government may issue a decree on how the food allowance paid to prisoners is calculated, and the Prison and Probation Service may issue detailed regulations on food, basic care, housing, and handling tobacco items.

Prisoners must be given the opportunity to go outdoors for at least one hour a day, unless their health or a particularly weighty prison order or security reason prevents it.

Vankilan järjestämän tai hyväksymän toiminnan tarkoitus on edistää vangin sijoittumista yhteiskuntaan.

Prison-organized or approved activities are meant to help an inmate reintegrate into society.

This section assigns decision-making powers about prisoners’ outdoor exercise, clothing restrictions, meal exceptions, meal money, and smoking bans in prison.

A prisoner must take part in prison-organized or approved activities during set work and activity hours.

Vanki must take part in prison-arranged or approved activities during set work and activity hours, unless a health, functional-ability, or age-based exemption applies.

Valtioneuvosto voi antaa tarkemmat säännökset vangin ruokarahan määräytymisperusteista, ja Rikosseuraamuslaitoksen keskushallintoyksikkö voi antaa tarkemmat määräykset ruoasta, perushuollosta, omaehtoisesta ruokahuollosta, asumisesta sekä tupakoinnista ja sytytysvälineistä.

Prisoners must be given an opportunity to carry out their participation duty during set working/activity time, in activities that support their sentence plan; prisoners in a security unit and prisoners kept apart for a reason under Chapter 18, Section 5 must also be given, or sought to be given, suitable opportunities in the activities available to their unit.

Vangille on järjestettävä mahdollisuus täyttää osallistumisvelvollisuutensa sopivassa toiminnassa työ- ja toiminta-aikana tai sijoituksen mukaan.

Prison-organized or approved activities are meant to help inmates reintegrate into society.

A prisoner must be placed in an activity, taking into account the sentence plan, prison order and security, and public safety.

A prisoner must be placed in an activity, taking into account the sentence plan, prison order and safety, and public safety.

A prisoner must take part in prison-arranged or approved activities during set work and activity time, unless health, functional ability, or age requires a full or partial exemption.

A prisoner may be allowed to work or do work training outside the prison during regular working hours.

A prisoner may be allowed to work or do work placement outside the prison during normal working hours, and the pay and other working conditions must not substantially differ from the usual conditions for that kind of work.

Vangille on annettava mahdollisuus hoitaa osallistumisvelvollisuutensa sopivassa toiminnassa työ- ja toiminta-aikana; varmuusosastolla ja erillään pidettäville on sovitettava toimintaa heidän tilanteeseensa.

A prisoner may be allowed to do approved work in prison for their own account, and may be given prison tools free of charge if that does not harm prison order, safety, or operations.

Vanki voidaan luvan perusteella antaa tehdä omaa työtä vankilassa, ja hänelle voidaan antaa vankilan työvälineitä maksutta, jos siitä ei aiheudu haittaa. Lupa voidaan peruuttaa, jos edellytykset eivät enää täyty tai työ vaarantaa järjestystä tai turvallisuutta.

A prisoner must be assigned to activity, taking account of the sentence plan, prison order and safety, and society’s safety.

Vanki voi osallistua koulutukseen vankilassa tai sen ulkopuolella; vankilan on myös järjestettävä yhteistyö koulutuksen järjestäjien kanssa, tarjottava mahdollisuus perusopetuksen suorittamiseen, ohjattava ja tuettava opintoja sekä varmistettava, että todistuksesta ei ilmene opiskelu vankilassa.

A prisoner may take part in education in prison or outside prison; prison authorities must arrange certain prison-based education, support studies, offer basic education completion if needed, and keep certificates from revealing prison study.

A prisoner may be permitted to work or do work training outside the prison during regular working hours, and the pay and other terms for that work must not differ materially from the usual terms for that kind of work.

Vanki voi saada luvan opiskella, sijoittua määräajaksi vankilan ulkopuoliseen laitokseen tietyissä tilanteissa tai osallistua valvotusti vankilan ulkopuoliseen toimintaan.

A prisoner may be allowed to study, be placed in an outside facility for a period, or take part in supervised outside activities.

A prisoner may be allowed to do approved work in prison for their own account, and may also be given prison tools free of charge if that does not harm order, safety, or prison operations.

A permit or placement may be granted only if the stated conditions are met, including prisoner consent, monitoring feasibility, a written placement agreement for outside placement, and commitments not to use intoxicants or doping substances.

Lupa tai sijoitus voidaan antaa vain, jos laissa luetellut edellytykset täyttyvät.

Prisoners may take education inside or outside prison, and prison authorities must support study arrangements and give prisoners without basic education the chance to complete it.

A permit or placement may be revoked if its conditions no longer exist; a prisoner may also face disciplinary punishment, and if that is not enough, the permit may be revoked too.

If the permit or placement conditions are no longer met, the permit may be revoked; if a prisoner does not follow the required conditions, a disciplinary penalty may be imposed and the permit may also be revoked if that is not enough.

A prisoner may be allowed to study or take part in certain supervised activities outside the prison, and some prisoners with substance abuse problems or serious adjustment difficulties may be placed temporarily in an external institution.

Prisoners’ work and activity time must be arranged in line with labor-time law where applicable, and prisoners’ occupational safety and safety at work must follow occupational safety law.

For prisoners’ work and activity time, the applicable working time law is followed as appropriate, and prisoner occupational safety and health is governed by occupational safety law.

Lupa tai sijoitus voidaan antaa vain, jos tietyt edellytykset täyttyvät, kuten suunnitelman edistäminen, ehtojen noudattamisen todennäköisyys, valvonnan mahdollisuus ja vangin suostumus yhteydenpitoon.

A prisoner who has regularly participated in assigned prison activities may be released from participation duty for two weekdays per month, and the release days must be used within one year. Additional release is allowed for an important reason, and release is required for defence preparation or temporary incapacity when needed.

A prisoner who regularly participates in assigned activities may be exempted from the participation duty for two weekdays per month, and in some cases must be exempted for defence preparation or temporary incapacity.

If permit or placement conditions no longer exist, the permit may be revoked. A prisoner who does not follow the stated conditions may receive a disciplinary punishment, and the permit may also be revoked if that punishment is not considered sufficient or appropriate.

Certain prison officials decide on placement, participation in outside activities, work permits, revocation of permissions or placements, and release from participation obligations.

Tietyt vankilan ja Rikosseuraamuslaitoksen virkamiehet päättävät tässä pykälässä tarkoitetuista sijoittamista, lupia, peruuttamista ja osallistumisvelvollisuudesta vapauttamista koskevista asioista.

Prison work and activity time must be arranged in line with working-time law, and prisoner safety and health must follow occupational safety law.

The Government may issue detailed rules on prisoner placement and work/time arrangements, and the Criminal Sanctions Agency may issue detailed rules on procedure, work classification, and other work requirements.

Valtioneuvosto antaa asetuksella tarkemmat säännökset vankien sijoittamisesta toimintaan ja työaikoihin liittyvistä asioista, ja Rikosseuraamuslaitos antaa tarkemmat määräykset menettelystä ja työn edellytyksistä.

A prisoner may be released from participation duties for limited days each month if they regularly take part in prison-assigned activities, and some releases are mandatory for defense preparation or temporary incapacity.

Prisoners may keep a reasonable amount of personal property in prison, but several listed items and situations can lead to refusal or removal; some property may also be stored, returned, shipped, or destroyed.

A prisoner may keep a reasonable amount of personal property in prison, but several items can be refused or banned, especially alcohol, intoxicants, doping substances, drug-use items, and certain property held in a closed prison without the Prison and Probation Service’s permission.

Tämä pykälä määrittää, कौन/ketkä päättävät tietyistä vankiä koskevista sijoitus-, osallistumis- ja lupapäätöksistä.

Prison property must be inventoried, the prisoner must sign the inventory, and copies or corrections are handled on request or by prison officials if the prisoner does not sign.

Vangin omaisuudesta on laadittava omaisuusluettelo tietyissä vankilamuodoissa, ja vanki allekirjoittaa sen tai kahden virkamiehen on vahvistettava se, jos allekirjoitusta ei tule.

The Government may issue detailed regulations on prisoners’ placement in activities and related conditions, and the Criminal Sanctions Agency’s central administration unit may issue detailed instructions on procedure and work classification.

In a closed prison, a prisoner may not keep cash or certain other payment instruments; in an open prison, a prisoner may keep cash and other payment instruments.

Closed-prison prisoners may not keep cash or certain other payment instruments; open-prison prisoners may keep them, and the prison authority must provide an approved payment card in the stated cases.

A prisoner may keep a reasonable amount of personal property in prison, but certain items can be refused and some items are prohibited outright.

Vankilan on annettava vangille mahdollisuus hankkia ruokaa ja muuta henkilökohtaista tavaraa. Vanki saa myös hankkia sallittuja tavaroita vankilan välityksellä, ja perustellusta syystä toimittaa rahaa tai muita maksuvälineitä vankilan kautta ulkopuolelle tai toiselle vangille.

Prisons must give prisoners a way to buy food and other personal items, and prisoners may use the prison to obtain permitted items and, for justified reasons, transfer money or payment instruments through the prison.

Vangin omaisuudesta on laadittava omaisuusluettelo, ja vanki sekä Rikosseuraamuslaitoksen virkamiesille asetetaan siihen liittyviä allekirjoitus-, todistus-, merkintä- ja luovutusvelvoitteita.

When a prisoner is released, their money, payment instruments, and property must be handed over against signing the property list. If the prisoner does not sign, two Prison and Probation Service officials must certify the list. Property left at the prison is sent to the released person at their expense, and uncollected property may be destroyed after three months.

Vangin raha, maksuvälineet ja muu omaisuus luovutetaan hänelle vapautumisen yhteydessä, ja maksukortin varat talletetaan ilmoitetulle pankkitilille tai annetaan muuten tarkoituksenmukaisesti.

Closed-prison inmates may not keep cash or certain other means of payment; open-prison inmates may keep cash and other means of payment, and inmates must receive a monthly statement of their funds account.

Vangille maksetaan käyttörahaa, ja tietyissä osallistumis- tai työtilanteissa voidaan maksaa myös toimintarahaa, palkkaa tai provisiota. Maksut on maksettava vähintään kerran kuukaudessa, ja avolaitostyössä voidaan korvata myös työmatkakustannukset.

Prisoners are paid daily living money for certain sentence periods, except supervised probation and conditional release; they may also receive activity money, wages, commissions, and travel-cost reimbursement in specified work situations.

Vankilan on järjestettävä vangille mahdollisuus hankkia tiettyjä tavaroita, ja vanki saa tehdä joitakin hankintoja ja siirtoja vankilan välityksellä. Suljetussa vankilassa ulkopuolelta tulevan rahan ja maksuvälineiden käyttöä voidaan rajoittaa turvallisuussyistä.

Tax pre-withholding and garnishment must be carried out according to the legislation that governs them.

Payroll deductions for tax withholding and garnishment must be carried out according to the legislation that governs them.

When a prisoner is released, their money, payment instruments, and property must be handed over against signing the property inventory; if they do not sign, two Prison and Probation Service officials must verify the inventory.

Toimintaraha voidaan jättää maksamatta kokonaan tai osittain, jos se ei ole tarpeen. Maksaminen voidaan myös lopettaa tai luokkaa muuttaa, jos vangin osallistuminen toimintaan muuttuu.

The prisoner’s activity allowance may be withheld in whole or in part if payment is unnecessary because of support from another authority or a comparable reason. Payment of the activity allowance or salary may also be stopped, or the allowance/salary class changed, if the prisoner’s participation changes and the section 6 conditions change.

Vanki saa käyttörahaa määrätyltä rangaistusaikalta, ja avolaitostyöhön osallistuva vanki saa työmatkakulujen korvauksen. Käyttöraha, toimintaraha ja palkka maksetaan vähintään kuukausittain vangin maksukortille tai pankkitilille.

Several prison officials have decision-making power over inmate property, cash, payment instruments, and approved payment-card use.

Use of inmate property and prison money/payment instruments is decided by specified prison officials.

Payroll-related withholding and garnishment are carried out according to the legislation that applies to them.

The Government may issue more detailed rules on inmates’ property, money, payment instruments, and how pay and activity money are determined. The Finnish Criminal Sanctions Agency may also issue more detailed instructions on prisoner payment cards, storage and handling of property, property lists, and certain commission/activity-money matters.

The provision gives the Government and the Finnish Criminal Sanctions Agency power to issue more detailed rules on inmates’ property, cash and payment cards, and on how wages, operational allowance, and related payments are determined and handled.

Toimintaraha tai palkka voidaan jättää kokonaan tai osittain maksamatta, ja maksaminen voidaan myös lopettaa tai luokkaa muuttaa, jos lain ehtojen mukaan siihen on peruste.

Prison health services must be arranged by the Prison Health Care Unit, prisoners have a right to smoking-cessation care, and several publication and support duties apply.

The prison health care unit must arrange inmates’ medical care and rehabilitation, and the prison authorities must secure access to that care. Inmates also have a right to smoking-cessation care, and the unit must publish care-access indicators on a regular schedule.

Virkamiehet ja johto päättävät vangin omaisuudesta, rahasta ja maksuvälineistä sekä voivat tietyin ehdoin antaa sallittuja esineitä vangin haltuun.

If a sick or injured prisoner cannot be properly treated or examined in the Prison Health Care Unit, the prisoner is to be sent temporarily outside the prison for care or examination under necessary supervision.

If a sick or injured prisoner cannot be properly treated or examined in the Prison Health Care Unit, they are to be sent temporarily outside the prison for treatment or examination under necessary supervision.

The Government may issue further rules on a prisoner's property, use of money and payment methods, and how pay and allowance amounts are determined. The Criminal Sanctions Agency's central unit may issue further rules on prisoner payment cards, property handling, inventories, and certain payment-related matters.

A prisoner may be released outside prison for treatment if a serious illness or severe injury makes the condition life-threatening or requires special care and treatment in prison healthcare or under section 2 would be especially difficult.

A prisoner may be released for treatment outside prison if the treatment conditions are met; if the prisoner recovers before the sentence ends, the prisoner must be sent back to prison to serve the remaining sentence.

The Prison Health Care Unit must arrange health care, medical care, and medical rehabilitation for prisoners according to their medical needs, and the Criminal Sanctions Agency must secure access to that care.

Raskaana oleva vanki siirretään synnytystä varten ajoissa sairaalaan tai muuhun terveydenhuollon yksikköön vankilan ulkopuolelle tarpeellisen valvonnan alaisena.

A pregnant prisoner must be taken under necessary supervision to a hospital or other healthcare unit outside the prison in time for delivery, and the prison sentence continues to run during the period mentioned in paragraph 1.

If a sick or injured prisoner cannot be properly treated or examined in the prison health unit, they are to be sent under necessary supervision outside the prison for temporary treatment or examination.

An inmate should be given, as far as possible, the opportunity for psychological counseling, support, and treatment.

Prisoners should be given, as far as possible, an opportunity for psychological counseling, support, and treatment.

A prisoner may be released for treatment outside prison if a serious illness or severe injury puts them continuously in danger of death and treatment inside the Prison Health Care Unit or under section 2 would be especially difficult.

Vangille on järjestettävä mahdollisuus ilmoittaa viipymättä läheiselleen vakavasta sairastumisesta tai vammautumisesta.

Vankia on tuettava sosiaalisessa kuntoutumisessa, ja hänelle on annettava tilaisuus ilmoittaa viipymättä vakavasta sairastumisestaan tai vammautumisestaan läheiselleen.

Pregnant prisoners must be transferred to a hospital or other health-care unit outside the prison in time for childbirth, under necessary supervision.

The state pays for a prisoner's medically necessary health care, medical care, and medical rehabilitation, but outside-prison examinations or treatment must be directed or approved by the prison health care unit doctor.

The state pays for a prisoner's medically necessary health care, medical care, and medical rehabilitation.

Vangille on mahdollisuuksien mukaan järjestettävä tilaisuus psykologin antamaan tai muuhun vastaavaan neuvontaan, tukeen ja hoitoon.

A prisoner may, with the prison health-care unit doctor’s permission and at their own expense, receive medication, examinations, and other health care in prison.

A prisoner may, with a doctor’s permission and at their own expense, receive medication, examinations, and other healthcare in prison.

A prisoner must be supported in social rehabilitation, maintaining family or close relationships, and handling housing, work, livelihood, social benefits, and social services issues. A prisoner must also be given a prompt opportunity to notify a close relative or other close person of serious illness or injury.

When a prisoner dies, the body must be transported in Finland to the place requested by the relatives at state expense, or buried at state expense if it cannot be left to the relatives.

When a prisoner dies, the body is transported in Finland to the relatives’ chosen place at state expense; if it cannot be left to the relatives, it is buried at state expense.

The State pays for a prisoner’s medically necessary health care, nursing care, and medical rehabilitation.

This section assigns decision-making power over prisoners’ medication possession, referrals to treatment or examination, and release from prison to named officials.

This section gives decision-making power to specific prison and health-care officials over inmates’ medicine possession, transfers to treatment or examination, and release from prison.

Vanki voi saada lääkitystä, tutkimusta ja muuta terveydenhuoltoa vankilassa lääkärin luvalla ja omalla kustannuksellaan.

The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare may issue more detailed rules on checking prisoners’ health status and arranging healthcare in prison.

The National Institute for Health and Welfare may issue more detailed rules on checking prisoners’ health and organizing healthcare in prisons.

Jos vanki kuolee, vainaja toimitetaan omaisten toivomalle paikkakunnalle Suomessa valtion kustannuksella; jos häntä ei voida jättää omaisten huostaan, hänet haudataan valtion kustannuksella.

Prisons must organize leisure activities suitable for prison conditions, let inmates help plan and organize them, and guide and advise inmates in hobby activities.

Prisons must provide leisure activities suitable for prison conditions, may let outside persons or organisations run them, and must let prisoners help plan and organise them.

Doctors and prison authorities decide on a prisoner’s medication, possession of medicines, examinations, other health care, dental care, referrals to treatment or examination, and release from prison in the situations stated here.

Vanki saa osallistua vapaa-ajan toimintoihin ja viettää vapaa-aikaa muiden vankien kanssa, mutta osallistuminen voidaan kieltää tai rajoittaa tietyissä tilanteissa.

Prisoners may take part in leisure activities and spend free time with other prisoners, but participation can be restricted or denied in specified situations.

The National Institute for Health and Welfare may issue detailed regulations on checking prisoners’ health status and arranging healthcare in prison.

Prison staff must arrange religious services and facilities, and prisoners generally have a right to attend religious events.

Vankilan on järjestettävä uskonnollista toimintaa ja tilat mahdollisuuksien mukaan, ja vangilla on pääsääntöisesti oikeus osallistua uskonnollisiin tilaisuuksiin.

Vankilan on järjestettävä olosuhteisiin sopivaa vapaa-ajan toimintaa ja annettava vangeille mahdollisuus osallistua sen suunnitteluun sekä järjestämiseen; harrastustoiminnassa vankeja on myös ohjattava ja neuvottava.

Prisons must have a library or provide access to public library services, cooperate with public libraries, and give prisoners regular access and guidance in using the library.

Prisons must have a library or provide access to public library services, and prisoners must be given regular access and guidance in using the library.

A prisoner may take part in leisure activities and spend leisure time with other prisoners, but this can be restricted or refused in specified situations.

A prisoner may do private work during free time if it is suitable for prison and does not harm order, security, or personal safety. Prison tools may be provided free of charge for that work if it does not disrupt order, security, or operations.

A prisoner may do suitable work in free time if it does not harm prison order, safety, or anyone’s safety.

Prisons must, where possible, arrange religious services and spaces, and prisoners generally have a right to take part in religious events unless specific security or disciplinary exceptions apply.

Prisoners must be given the opportunity to follow TV and radio programs and newspapers, and to buy magazines and literature at their own expense.

A prisoner must be given a chance to follow TV and radio programs and newspapers, and to buy magazines and books at their own expense.

Vankilassa on oltava kirjasto tai vaihtoehtoisesti vangeille on järjestettävä mahdollisuus käyttää yleisiä kirjastopalveluja.

Inmates may be allowed to meet in prison under necessary supervision for planning leisure activities or handling common matters.

Prisoners may be allowed to meet in prison under necessary supervision for planning leisure activities or handling other common matters.

A prisoner may do approved leisure-time work for their own account if it is suitable for the prison and does not harm order, safety, or personal safety.

A prison supervisory officer decides on denying participation or access, and must hear the event organizer first; in urgent cases a non-supervisory officer may decide. The prison unit head, or another designated activity/security officer, grants permission for certain leisure activities and assemblies.

Certain officials decide on denying participation or library access, and they must hear the event organizer before making a denial decision.

Prisoners must be given the opportunity to follow TV and radio programmes and newspapers, and to obtain magazines and books at their own expense.

Rikosseuraamuslaitos may issue more detailed rules on arranging library services when a prisoner cannot visit the prison library.

Rikosseuraamuslaitos may issue more detailed rules on how library services are arranged when a prisoner cannot visit the prison library.

Prisoners may be allowed to meet in prison under necessary supervision for planning leisure activities or handling common matters.

A prisoner has the right to correspond by post, and prison authorities may inspect mail under specified conditions.

Vangilla on oikeus kirjeenvaihtoon postin välityksellä.

A senior supervision official decides refusals or restrictions on participating in certain activities or accessing the library; in urgent cases a supervision official may decide. Before refusing, the organizer must be heard. The prison director, or a designated safety/activity official, grants permits for certain leisure activities and meetings.

A prisoner's mail or message may be read, opened, copied, and later disclosed only in specified security- or crime-prevention-related situations, and the prisoner must be notified subject to limited delay rules.

A prisoner’s outgoing mail to non-supervisory authorities must have the prisoner’s name on it unless handed directly to prison staff; prison mail and messages may be read, opened, or copied only under the stated security/crime-prevention conditions.

Rikosseuraamuslaitoksen keskushallintoyksikkö may issue more detailed rules for organizing library services when a prisoner cannot visit the prison library.

A prisoner’s correspondence with a supervising authority or a human-rights monitoring body that the prisoner may complain to under international agreements must not be inspected or read.

Vangin ja tiettyjen valvontaelinten välistä kirjeenvaihtoa ei saa tarkastaa eikä lukea.

Vangilla on oikeus kirjeenvaihtoon postin välityksellä, mutta vangin postilähetyksiä voidaan tarkastaa ja tietyissä tilanteissa avata ilman viestin lukemista kiellettyjen aineiden tai esineiden löytämiseksi.

A prisoner's letters or other mail to a lawyer or legal representative must not be inspected or read; incoming mail from such a representative may be opened and inspected in the prisoner's presence if there is reason to suspect prohibited substances or items.

Prison mail sent to a prisoner’s lawyer or certain litigation representative must not be inspected or read; incoming mail from such a representative may be opened and checked in the prisoner’s presence if there is reason to suspect prohibited items.

Vankilan henkilöstö saa tietyin perustein lukea vangin kirjeitä, postilähetyksiä ja viestejä, ja joissain tilanteissa ottaa niistä jäljennöksen tai avata lähetyksen lähettäjän selvittämiseksi. Vangille on yleensä ilmoitettava lukemisesta viipymättä, viimeistään kahden viikon kuluessa, ellei ilmoitusta saa lykätä turvallisuus- tai rikostutkintasyistä.

Vangin kirjeen, muun postilähetyksen tai viestin saa pidättää tietyissä turvallisuus- ja järjestyssyissä, ja maksutta lähetettyä tilausta voidaan pidättää, jos vangilla ei ole varoja.

A prisoner’s letters, mail, messages, and certain orders may be withheld in specified situations.

The section says a prisoner's correspondence with a supervisory authority or a human-rights body that the prisoner may complain to under international agreements must not be inspected or read.

Vangille on annettava mahdollisuus puhelinyhteyteen vankilan ulkopuolelle, ja avolaitoksessa hänelle voidaan antaa lupa käyttää matkapuhelinta.

Vangille on annettava mahdollisuus soittaa vankilan ulkopuolelle omalla kustannuksellaan; avolaitoksessa hänelle voidaan myös antaa lupa käyttää matkapuhelinta.

Letters and other mail to a prisoner's lawyer or specified legal representative must not be inspected or read. Incoming mail from such a representative may be opened and checked in the prisoner's presence if there is reason to suspect banned substances or objects.

A prisoner’s phone call may be listened to and recorded if needed for specified reasons; the prisoner and the other caller must be informed before monitoring starts. Calls with the supervisory authority or an agent must not be listened to or recorded.

Vangin puhelua voidaan kuunnella ja tallentaa tietyissä turvallisuus- ja rikoksenestotilanteissa, mutta valvontaviranomaisen tai asiamiehen kanssa käytävää puhelua ei saa kuunnella tai tallentaa.

Vangin kirjeen, muun postilähetyksen tai viestin voi pidättää tietyissä turvallisuus- ja rikoksentorjuntatilanteissa; pidättämisestä on ilmoitettava viipymättä, ja toimittamatta jäänyt lähetys palautetaan tai annetaan vangille vapautuessa.

In a security unit, certain letters, parcels, and messages may be read for specified safety, crime-prevention, or prison-order reasons; phone use requires the inmate’s consent to recording; email use cannot be authorized.

A prisoner in a secure unit may have mail read if needed for crime prevention, order, or safety; phone use requires consent to call recording; email use cannot be granted.

A prisoner must be given a phone contact option outside the prison, normally at their own expense, with free use allowed for essential matters or other special reasons.

Vanki voi saada luvan sähköpostiin ja internetiin, jos syy on tärkeä ja käytöstä ei aiheudu turvallisuusriskiä.

Vangille voidaan myöntää lupa käyttää sähköpostia ja internetiä tietyistä tärkeistä syistä, ja käyttöä voidaan valvoa tai lupa peruuttaa tietyissä tilanteissa.

Prisoner phone calls may be monitored and recorded only for specified security, crime-prevention, or investigative reasons, and the prisoner and call recipient must be told before monitoring starts.

Certain prison officials decide on inspecting, opening, reading, monitoring, recording, and restricting prisoner communications and device use; officials handling these tasks must also keep message information confidential and not use it improperly.

Viranomaiset päättävät vankien viestien, postin, puhelujen ja laitteiden tarkastamisesta, kuuntelusta, rajoittamisesta ja lupien antamisesta; tehtävää hoitava virkamies ei saa oikeudettomasti paljastaa tai käyttää viestitietoja.

In a special unit, a prisoner may use a phone only if they agree to call recording, and they cannot be authorized to use email under section 9.

Valtioneuvosto may issue more detailed rules on mail checking, reading, copying, withholding, phone listening and recording, and the use and monitoring of electronic communications; Rikosseuraamuslaitos may issue more detailed rules on a cellphone’s features, handover, and use.

Valtioneuvosto antaa tarkemmat säännökset kirjeiden, puhelujen ja sähköisen viestinnän käsittelystä ja valvonnasta; Rikosseuraamuslaitos antaa tarkemmat määräykset 6 a §:ssä tarkoitetusta matkapuhelimesta.

A prisoner may be allowed to send and receive email or use the internet for important personal, work, study, legal, social, housing, or similar reasons, subject to security conditions.

Vanki has the right to meet visitors at reserved times, as often as prison order and operations allow, and in special cases meetings may be allowed outside reserved times.

Vangilla on oikeus tavata vieraita varattuina aikoina, jos se ei häiritse vankilan järjestystä ja toimintaa; tapaaminen voidaan myös sallia muulloin, jos siihen on tarve. Varmuusosaston vangin tapaamisia voidaan rajoittaa tietyissä tilanteissa.

Decisions on reading, copying, withholding, or listening to and recording specified communications must be made in writing.

Prisons must have suitable meeting rooms for supervised and lawyer meetings, and closed prisons must also have rooms for unsupervised and child meetings.

Vankiloissa on oltava soveltuvat tilat valvottuja ja asianajaja-/asiamies­tapaamisia varten, ja suljetuissa vankiloissa myös valvomattomia sekä lapsen tapaamisia varten. Lisäksi vankilassa voi olla tilat videoyhteyden välityksellä tapaamiseen.

Tiettyjen viestien ja lähetysten käsittelystä päättävät nimetyt virkamiehet, ja näitä tietoja käsitteleviä virkamiehiä sitoo salassapito sekä hyväksikäyttökielto.

Suljetussa vankilassa valvottu tapaaminen järjestetään valvotussa tilassa, jossa on rakenteelliset esteet; avolaitoksessa tapaaminen järjestetään tilassa, jossa koskettaminen on mahdollista.

Supervised prison visits must be arranged differently in closed prisons and open prisons.

The Prison and Probation Service central administration unit may issue detailed rules on the features, taking into custody, and use of the mobile phone referred to in section 6 a.

An unmonitored prison visit may be allowed for a prisoner’s close relative or another close or important person if it is justified, and only if it does not endanger security or disrupt prison operations.

Vanki voi saada luvan valvomattomaan tapaamiseen lähiomaisen, muun läheisen tai syystä myös muun tärkeän henkilön kanssa, jos se on perusteltua yhteyksien säilymiseksi tai muusta vastaavasta syystä ja jos siitä ei aiheudu vaaraa tai haittaa.

Prisoners have a right to meet visitors during scheduled visiting times, and visits may also be allowed outside those times for an important reason. For prisoners in a security unit, that right can be restricted in some cases.

A prisoner in a closed prison may be granted permission to meet a child under 15 in a suitable room, if the meeting is needed to maintain their relationship and is not against the child’s best interests.

Suljetussa vankilassa vangille voidaan myöntää lupa tavata alle 15-vuotiasta lasta siihen soveltuvassa tilassa, jos tapaaminen on tarpeen yhteyksien ylläpitämiseksi eikä se ole lapsen edun vastainen.

Prisons must have suitable rooms for supervised visits and lawyer visits; closed prisons must also have rooms for unsupervised and child visits, and visits must be supervised as needed.

A prisoner must be allowed to meet the lawyer/agent referred to in Chapter 12, Section 4 without other people present.

Vanki saa tavata 12 luvun 4 §:ssä tarkoitetun asiamiehen ilman muita henkilöitä läsnä.

Suljetussa vankilassa valvottu tapaaminen järjestetään valvotussa tilassa rakenteellisten esteiden takana; avolaitoksessa tapaaminen järjestetään tilassa, որտեղ koskettaminen on mahdollista. Tietyissä riskitilanteissa valvottu tapaaminen voidaan järjestää erillään muista.

Vangille voidaan myöntää lupa valvottuun tapaamiseen toisen saman vankilan vangin tai tutkintavangin kanssa tietyin edellytyksin.

A prisoner may be allowed a supervised meeting with another prisoner or remand prisoner in the same prison if the person is a close relative, another close person, or otherwise important to the prisoner, and the meeting is justified by maintaining contacts or another important reason.

A prisoner may be allowed an unsupervised meeting with a close relative or other important person if it is justified by maintaining the prisoner’s contacts or another similar reason, and if it does not endanger prison order, security, anyone’s safety, or prison operations.

A meeting may be interrupted if needed to prevent a crime or to maintain prison order or safety.

A meeting may be interrupted if needed to prevent a crime or to maintain prison order or safety.

A prisoner in a closed prison may be allowed to meet a child under 15 in a suitable room if the meeting is needed to maintain their contact and is not against the child’s best interests.

A meeting may be cancelled or refused if the legal conditions are no longer met, or if the visitor cannot prove identity, refuses required searches, appears intoxicated, or there is reason to suspect danger.

Tapaaminen voidaan peruuttaa tai evätä tietyissä tilanteissa, ja joissakin tilanteissa se voidaan järjestää valvottuna.

Prisoners must be allowed to meet the counsel referred to in Chapter 12, section 4 without other people present.

A prison visitor may be banned from visiting a prison for up to six months if they have brought or tried to bring drugs or certain other items into prison, or have endangered safety or seriously disrupted prison order.

A visitor may be banned from visiting a prison for up to six months if they brought or tried to bring drugs or certain items into prison, or endangered safety or seriously disrupted prison order.

A prisoner may be allowed a supervised visit with another prisoner or remand prisoner in the same prison if the person is a close relative, other close person, or someone important to the prisoner, and the visit is justified by maintaining contacts or another important reason.