Turku Prison (Finnish: Turun vankila, Swedish: Åbo fängelse) is the main correctional facility in southwestern Finland, located in the Saramäki district of Turku. 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 closed prison, with capacity for 255 inmates.[1] Along with Riihimäki, Turku is one of two prisons in Finland with the highest A+ security rating.[2] In 2021, a new high security wing was added, to house prisoners associated with organised crime or otherwise likely to pose particular risks.[3]
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original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2013. Turkus & Feder (2003), p. 268. Turkus & Feder (2003), pp. 284–285. Wilkerson (2000), p. 141. "Bugsy...
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by Pertti J. Anttonen, NIF Publications, 35 (Turku: Nordic Institute of Folklore, University of Turku, 1996), pp. 41–76 (p. 52). Rajandran, Sezin (12...
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a public university in Helsinki, Finland. The university was founded in Turku in 1640 as the Royal Academy of Åbo under the Swedish Empire, and moved...
United States. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-28366-4. Turkus, Burton B.; Feder, Sid (1992) [1951]. Murder, Inc.: The Story of the Syndicate...
Retrieved 22 March 2024. "Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny dies, prison service says". CNN. 16 February 2024. Archived from the original on 18 February...
Books ed.). New York: Vintage Books. p. 32. ISBN 0-375-70547-3. Louis Capone. Turkus, Burton B.; Feder, Sid (2003). Murder, Inc.: the story of "the Syndicate"...
John and Erik's trusted men. The Turku Castle fell under the power of the rebels. Erik spent the next years in prison, until he was sentenced to death...
1932. p. 13. Turkus, Burton (2003). Murder, Inc. The Story of the Syndicate. Boston: Da Capo Press. pp. 116–118. ISBN 978-0-306-81288-0. Turkus, Burton (2003)...
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