In Finland, a new prison for women opened in November 2020 that features the installation of a smart system, with the aim of promoting a new approach to imprisonment that fosters rehabilitation, education and reintegration through access to digital services. Each prisoner will have access to a personal cell terminal (laptop) that can be used … Read More
Children’s book: Müru’s Dad is in Prison
In November 2020, COPE member in Finland KRITS published a book for children age 3-8 to help them cope with the emotions related to having a parent in prison. The books are distributed free of charge to children with an imprisoned parent, to professionals working with these children and their families, including NGOs and the … Read More
Family camp for prisoners and their partner and/or children
Finnish organisation KRITS organises four camps annually, intended for adults impacted by familial imprisonment as well as for children with a parent in prison. Imprisoned parents are given a pass to attend the camp, which aims to provide families the possibility to spend time together and to support the child-parent relationship. Children and adults alike … Read More
Statistics Finland
Prison population total and prison rate per 100,000 are retrieved from Aebi, M. F., Cocco, E., Molnar, L. & Tiago, M. M., (2022). SPACE I – 2021 – Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Prison populations. Strasbourg: Council of Europe, Table 7.Estimated number of children separated from an imprisoned parent: extrapolation based on Champsaur, P., … Read More