Oulu Prison

Oulu Prison
Location Myllytulli, Oulu
Coordinates 65°01′05″N 25°29′22″E / 65.01806°N 25.48944°E / 65.01806; 25.48944Coordinates: 65°01′05″N 25°29′22″E / 65.01806°N 25.48944°E / 65.01806; 25.48944
Status Operational
Capacity 80[1]
Population 87[1] (as of 2012)
Opened 1885 (1885)
Former name Oulu Provincial Prison
Managed by The Criminal Sanctions Agency of Finland
Director Margit Kyngäs[2]
Street address Nahkatehtaankatu 5
City Oulu
Postal code 90130
Country Finland
Website www.vankeinhoito.fi/en/index/units/prisons/ouluprison.html

The Oulu Prison (earlier known as Oulu Provincial Prison) is a prison located in the Myllytulli neighbourhood in Oulu, Finland. There are 80 prison places, of which ten are reserved for female prisoners.[1] The mean prison population in 2012 was 87.[1]

The main prison building was completed in 1885 and it was designed by architect Ludvig Isak Lindqvist. The first prisoners were transferred to the prison on the 25th of July. The prison wall was first made of timber, until it was replaced with the current concrete wall in 1914.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Oulun vankila" [Oulu Prison] (in Finnish). The Criminal Sanctions Agency. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Oulu Prison". The Criminal Sanctions Agency. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Karvonen, Ari (1985). Oulun lääninvankilan historiikki [History of Oulu Provincial Prison] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Oikeusministeriön vankeinhoito-osasto. pp. 10–18. ISBN 951-46-8864-3.

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