The activities may be different courses, day programmes of rehabilitative units or short camps. Most of all, various intoxicant rehabilitation is organised, which is available nearly in all institutions. The Prison Service arranges also programmes that aim to reduce commitment of certain crimes (sexual and violent) .

In 2008, all in all 2 526 prisoners participated in targeted programmes or other activities sustaining functioning capability.

Participants	2008
Substance use counselling and motivating interviews	556
Substance rehabilitation programmes	715
Placed in rehabilitation institutions	37
Other social rehabilitation	937
Activity programmes	281
In total	2526

Work against intoxicants in institutions is based on the intoxicant strategy that was affirmed in 1999. According to it the goal of prison service is to:
* prevent the supply of intoxicants and intoxicant criminality
* prevent the demand of intoxicants
* prevent the harm caused by use of intoxicants
* secure of the rehabilitation of a prisoner with intoxicant problem together with his/her home municipality

In 2008 nearly all institutions had intoxicant rehabilitation programmes, contract wards nearly in all institutions and in some open institutions. An individual intoxicant continuum may be established up to release. The rehabilitation programmes are based on cognitive- behaviourist therapy, various group therapy forms and community treatment models. To be accepted in a programme and/or contract ward a prisoner must commit to give an intoxicant test when required. Commitment to abstinence is a condition to enter open institutions.

Cognitive Skills is a thinking and problem solving learning programme, in which skills of own thinking and actions and their consequences are learned to reflect and assess, and thus learn by experience.

In Riihimäki prison there is a programme meant for sexual offenders (STOP) , and its aim is to reduce the risk of re-offending a sexual offence. The STOP programme elaborates thinking models connected to sexual offences, practises means necessary to avoid recidivism and strives to be aware of the victims’ experiences.

For prisoners sentenced for violent offences there are two activity programmes: a longer Cognitive Self Change which is intensive and meant for prisoners with difficult history of violent behaviour and a shorter anger management course which aims at controlling feelings of anger and aggression.

In addition, prisons arrange other activities, which aim to increase a prisoner’s life control, resources and to decrease his/her risk to re-offend.

(51kB) Kisko Community Treatment Programme