The Helsinki Prison, also known as Sörnäinen Prison (earlier known as Helsinki Central Prison) is a prison

Prison

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 located in the Hermanni

Hermanni

Hermanni is a neighbourhood in Central major district of Helsinki, Finland., Hermanni has 3,580 inhabitants living in an area of 1.06 km2. Hermanni is part of Vallila district.-Politics:Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Hermanni:...

 neighborhood, Vallila

Vallila

Vallila is a neighbourhood in Helsinki, the capital of Finland.Vallila is a central-northern district, bordered by Pasila to the west and Kallio to the south. Like Kallio, Vallila is mostly residential and has a reputation of a working-class district...

 district of Helsinki

Helsinki

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, Finland

Finland

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, opened in 1881. All persons placed in the prison have received a sentence of at least 1 year. At the moment it is the only prison operating in Helsinki after the Katajanokka prison was moved to Vantaa.