Jyväskylä Prison

Ramoninkatu 4, 40100 Jyväskylä, Finland
PO Box 68, 40101 Jyväskylä, Finland
Tel. +358 29 56 87500
Fax +358 29 56 87559 enforcement, +358 29 56 87569 office
Email: jyvaskyla.vankila(at)om.fi

Email to a prisoner: rise.vankiposti.jyvaskyl(at)om.fi
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Head of Unit Petteri Autio, tel. +358 29 56 87032, +358 50 588 4775
Assistant Director Petri Laitinen, tel. +358 29 56 87532, +358 50 302 3184, petri.e.laitinen(at)om.fi

Staff

Jyväskylä Prison employs approximately 30 staff members, including instructors and a psychologist. Jyväskylä Branch Office of the Central Finland Probation Office also uses the same facilities.

Activities

Jyväskylä Prison is an open prison preparing for release. The prison requires prisoners to abstain from intoxicating substances, behave properly, take responsibility and have sufficient functional capacity.
Prisoners can participate in programmes reducing the risk of recidivism according to their individual sentence plans. Upon arrival, prisoners are placed in a prison activity workshop for an assessment period. Work and rehabilitation activities are mainly organised with cooperation partners outside the prison. Prisoners are encouraged to find a place of work or study, where they can go on permission for civilian work or study if the conditions for permission are met.

Prisoners in the ward for young adults participate in activities in the same way as prisoners in other wards. The ward arranges uninterrupted psychoeducational rehabilitation and helps prisoners cope with everyday life challenges and find a place to study.

Facilities and access outside the prison

The kitchens in the accommodation wards of Jyväskylä Prison are well-equipped and clean. The prison does not provide meals for the prisoners, but they are paid a food allowance. Prisoners do their shopping independently in the city.

The prison has study facilities and a small gym. Its location in the city centre offers good access to rehabilitation, study and recreation services outside the prison.

All prisoners have ankle tags for round-the-clock electronic monitoring. There are no parking spaces for prisoners on the prison premises. Public transport, walking and cycling routes are good.

Visiting a prisoner

Visits by family and friends are usually arranged on weekends and public holidays.
The prison has no facilities for unsupervised visits. Prisoners can apply for permission for family visits outside the prison.

Prisoners may be given permission to possess a mobile phone and/or a computer in facilities reserved for their use.

Accessibility of the facilities

The prison facilities are accessible. There is a designated parking space for visitors with reduced mobility.

Information for prisoners

Information for prisoners in Jyväskylä Prison 12.11.2021 [pdf, 165.3 kB]