Mikkeli Prison

Mikkeli Prison is located in the city centre of Mikkeli, just a short walk from all public transport connections.

Contact information

Päiviönkatu 1, 50100 Mikkeli, Finland
PB 23, 50101 Mikkeli, Finland
Tel. +358 29 56 85500
Fax +358 29 56 85501
Email: mikkeli.vankila(at)om.fi

Email to a prisoner: vankiposti.mikkeli(at)om.fi
Instructions: Sending email, post and money to a prisoner
The message is not processed if it is not compliant with the instructions.

Head of Unit Tarja Väisänen, tel. +358 29 56 85816, +358 500 502 894
Assistant Director Arto Räsänen, tel. +358 29 56 85524
Assistant Director Sari Kosonen, tel. +358 29 56 85109, +358 50 439 6357

Email: firstname.lastname(at)om.fi

Staff

The prison employs approximately 57 staff members.

Activities

The prison offers a variety of work activities for prisoners, including clothing maintenance for the Finnish Defence Forces, food distribution, cleaning, property maintenance and carpentry.

In the carpentry workshop, prisoners make products for sale and by order. Ready-made carpentry products can be purchased from the online store Livekauppa.fi. Inquiries about ordering custom-made products can be sent via e-mail to [email protected] or [email protected].

Prisoners can complete their unfinished basic education and general upper secondary education studies or parts of a vocational upper secondary qualification in wood industry or in cleaning and property maintenance services by demonstrating their practical competence. In addition, the prison arranges education preparing for a qualification.

The prison offers various programmes aimed at addressing prisoners’ criminal behaviour and substance abuse, group activities focusing on fatherhood and masculinity, and discussions about children and family life.

Free time activities include, among others, sports, music and access to library services.

Visiting a prisoner

Supervised visits

• Visits start on the hour and last 45 minutes.
• Visitors must arrive and report to the prison 15 minutes before the booked visiting time.
• Prisoners may receive visits from their spouse and children from the same household, or up to two other visitors.
• Prisoners inform their visitors of the booked visiting time.
• Visitors must present a valid photo ID.
• Visitors have to pass through a metal detector when entering the prison and store their personal belongings, such as coat, wallet and phone, in a locker in the waiting area.
• Intoxicated persons are not allowed in the visiting facilities.
• Visitors and prisoners may not touch each other during supervised visits.
• No items may be given or received during the visit.
• Visitors may bring a small amount of goods to the prisoner they are visiting, but they cannot, however, give them straight to the prisoner. A small amount is approximately one normal-sized plastic bag (30 litres) of goods.
• Visitors cannot bring cash to prisoners. Money to a prisoner must be transferred to the payment card the prisoner has received from the prison.

Visits by a child

• They are arranged both on weekdays and weekends.
• The duration is usually one hour.
• Letters or other goods may not be handed over during the visit.

Unsupervised visits

• on Saturdays and Sundays at 9.00–12.00 and 12.30–15.30
• on Wednesdays at 12.30–15.30
• at other times at the discretion of the prison.

Communication via video connection

Prisoners may communicate with distant family and friends via video call. A video call can last up to 30 minutes.

Accessibility of the facilities

The prison’s visiting facilities are accessible. Please contact the prison staff in advance about the need for accessibility so that an escort can be arranged.
A designated parking space for visitors with disabilities or reduced mobility is located near the main entrance.

History

The history of Mikkeli Prison dates back to the 19th century.

Prison rules

Prison rules for Mikkeli Prison 3.2.2025 [pdf, 194.9 kt]

Information for prisoners

Information for prisoners in Mikkeli Prison 1.7.2024 [pdf, 433.8 kt]

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