The prisons in

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

are operated by the

Estonian Department of Prisons The Estonian Ministry of Justice ( et, Justiitsministeerium) is the Ministry of Justice of Estonia. The Minister of Justice ( et, justiitsminister) is the senior minister at the Ministry of Justice in the Estonian Government. The Ministry is ...

, which currently maintains three prisons around the country:

Tallinn Prison Tallinn Prison ( et, Tallinna vangla) is an Estonian prison, which is located at Soodevahe, Rae Parish, Harju County. Previously the prison was located at Magasini Street, Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia ...

Tartu Prison Tartu prison (Estonian: ''Tartu vangla'') is a prison located in the Ropka industrial district suburb of Tartu in Estonia. The prison was designed by architect Kalle Glad, EstKONSULT and constructed by Skanska EMV. The prison was founded in 2000 ...

and

Viru Prison Viru Prison ( et, Viru Vangla) is a regional prison in Jõhvi, Estonia. Estonian Ministry of Justice started preparations for establishment of Viru Prison in 2001, and the prison was officially established on July 13, 2006. Viru Prison complex ...

.Intitutions
/ref> In March 2011, there were 3,405 persons incarcerated in

, and the number of prisoners per 100,000 residents were 254, which is the third highest rate in the EU. These figures include pre-trial detainees and remand prisoners.International Centre for Prison Studies: ''Estonia''
Retrieved 2011-07-29International Centre for Prison Studies: ''Europe - Prison Population Rates per 100,000''
Retrieved 2011-07-29 It is, however, a much lower rate than in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the Estonian prison population reached almost 5,000 persons.

References

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