Turku Prison ( Finnish: ''Turun vankila'', Swedish: ''Åbo fängelse'') is the main

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in southwestern

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, located in the Saramäki district of

Turku Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while t ...

. It was formed in 2003 by the merger of the earlier Turku Central Prison (''Turun keskusvankila''), also commonly known as 'Kakola', and Turku County Prison (''Turun lääninvankila''), and moved in 2007 from its old location on the Kakolanmäki hill in central Turku to its new premises. It is a

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, with capacity for 255

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s. Along with

Riihimäki Riihimäki (; ) 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 Helsinki, Tampere and La ...

, Turku is one of two prisons in Finland with the highest A+ security rating. In 2021, a new high security wing was added, to house prisoners associated with organised crime or otherwise likely to pose particular risks.

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* Prisons in Finland 2003 establishments in Finland Buildings and structures in Turku {{Finland-struct-stub