Statsrådets förordning om förvaltningen av straffverkställighet

This is a chapter heading for the general provisions section.

This section says the regulation covers the tasks, organization, and use of decision-making power of enforcement authorities for sentences.

The Criminal Sanctions Agency has units as specified in its work order.

Rikosseuraamusviraston asiat are decided by presentation unless the work order says otherwise; in an individual case, the agency head may keep decision-making power for a matter assigned to a subordinate official.

The agency’s work order must specify its tasks, organization, management, officials’ duties and substitutes, and the preparation and decision-making of matters.

Certain prison administration officials must meet specific qualification requirements unless another law provides otherwise.

Certain public-sector posts must meet specified Finnish and Swedish language skill requirements.

The section assigns appointment and leave-granting powers to specific Finnish authorities for prison and criminal sanctions administration posts.

Kriminaalihuoltolaitos consists of regional offices, and the Ministry of Justice decides the regional offices’ areas of operation.

The local office is led by a director, and the agency sets the director’s deputies. The director’s duties and decision-making authority are specified more closely in work rules approved by the agency.

The regional office director decides certain matters for the office, generally through presentation, and may in some cases keep decision-making power for internal administration.

Aluetoimiston johtaja tai häntä edustava virkamies edustaa aluetoimistoa tuomioistuimissa ja muissa viranomaisissa.

Rikosseuraamusvirasto confirms the Kriminaalihuoltolaitos work order, and the area office director may confirm the area office work order.

Kriminaalihuoltolaitoksessa there are director posts, other posts, and employees under employment contracts; Rikosseuraamusvirasto decides on creating, transferring, abolishing, and changing posts.

This section sets qualification requirements for certain Kriminaalihuoltolaitos civil servants and named posts.

Certain officials who handle or decide decisions about an individual’s rights or duties must have good oral and written Finnish or Swedish.

Several authorities have power to appoint specific office holders and staff in the local office.

Rikosseuraamusvirasto grants leave to the district office director, and the district office director grants other leave.

The provision lists the regional prisons and states each one’s territory and main office city.

Aluevankilan, sijoittajayksikön ja vankilan johto on määrätty tietyille johtajille, ja toimivalta sijaisista sekä työjärjestyksestä annetaan nimetyille viranomaisille.

The prison and unit directors may decide specified matters, generally after presentation, and may in individual cases keep decision-making authority over certain internal administration matters.

The prison district director, or an officer representing the director, represents the prison district in court and before other authorities.

Rikosseuraamusvirasto approves the Prison Service’s work order, and the regional prison director approves the regional prison’s work order.

The regional prison has several posts and staff, and different authorities decide who may create, move, abolish, or change those posts.

This section lists which prison officials have decision-making authority under the cited Prison Act provision.

Vankeinhoitolaitoksen virkamiehillä on tässä pykälässä säädetyt kelpoisuusvaatimukset, ja vartijan vaatimuksesta voidaan poiketa määräaikaisessa enintään kahden vuoden virkasuhteessa tietyillä perusteilla.

Some prison officials must have good spoken and written Finnish or Swedish, and the regional prison director must ensure enough Finnish- and Swedish-speaking staff.

This section says which authorities appoint prison and prison-service officials, and who gives opinions or makes fixed-term appointment decisions in some cases.

This provision says which correctional administration officials may grant leave to certain managers and staff.

Each regional prison must have an outpatient clinic for prisoners’ healthcare, and a hospital carrying out national tasks may operate alongside a regional prison.

The unit is led by a chief physician, who also serves as its supervisor. The Prison and Probation Service appoints the chief physician’s deputies.

The chief physicians may decide certain unit matters and may retain decision-making power in individual internal-administration cases; the prison enforcement agency’s work rules specify which matters can be decided without presentation.

The chief physician, or an official representing them, represents the healthcare unit in courts and other authorities.

The chief physician approves the health care unit’s work order, and the work order for the whole Prison Administration also applies to that unit.

The prison service health care unit has certain medical posts and staff, and specific authorities decide on creating, moving, abolishing, or changing posts.

Health care posts in the prison service require specified professional qualifications, with extra degree, experience, and training requirements for named roles.

This section sets language proficiency requirements for certain officials, including some bilingual prison health care staff, and requires the chief physician to ensure enough Finnish- and Swedish-speaking staff in the unit.

Several named authorities may appoint specified physicians and staff, and certain authorities decide fixed-term appointments based on the length of the term.

Tietyt lääketieteelliset viranomaiset voivat myöntää virkavapautta toisilleen ja alaisilleen virkamiehille.

When filling certain criminal enforcement offices, special attention must be paid to the applicant’s suitability, and language-based duties should be assigned to people who know Finnish or Swedish. For healthcare professionals applying for office, an opinion from the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health may be obtained.

Certain correctional administration authorities may assign one operating unit or subordinate official to handle tasks for other units.

Certain officers and employees must have an ID card issued by their agency or institution, and Rikosseuraamusvirasto issues more detailed rules on the card and its use.

This section says the regulation enters into force on 1 October 2006 and repeals the earlier 2001 government decree on the administration of enforcement of sanctions.

This transitional section preserves certain prison-service qualification statuses for people already appointed when the regulation took effect, and lets some unqualified guards continue temporarily until 30 September 2009.

The Criminal Sanctions Agency may establish and amend certain Prison and Probation Service posts during the set-up phase of regional prisons and the health care unit.