Our duty

Enforcement of sentences

The sentences passed by the courts are recorded in a register of judicial decisions where the Judicial Unit of the Prison and Probation Service of Finland receives the information on prison sentences and community sanctions (community service and juvenile punishment).

When the Judicial Unit has stated that the sentence is enforceable, it sends an enforcement order to the bailiff of the sentenced offender’s place of residence or a community sanctions office of the Prison and Probation Service of Finland (juvenile punishment). Information on a juvenile ordered to supervision is forwarded to the community sanctions office, which arranges the supervision.

Published 11.7.2019