Riihimäki Prison (
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
: ''Riihimäen vankila'') is the main
correctional facility
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in southern
Finland
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, located in
Riihimäki
Riihimäki (literally "Drying barn hill") is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about north of Helsinki and southeast of Tampere. An important railway junction is located in Riihimäki, since railway tracks from Riihimäki lead to ...
. It is a closed prison, with capacity for 223
inmate
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s. Along with
Turku
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
, Riihimäki is one of two prisons in Finland with the highest A+ security rating.
It houses prisoners mainly from southern Finland, as well as comprising three national specialist units, including one for
sexual offenders.
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Prisons in Finland
Riihimäki
Buildings and structures in Kanta-Häme