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Finland's open prisons: A model for the rest of Europe?

Video. 30 percent of Finnish

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30 per cent of all Finnish prisoners serve sentences in open prisons.

Finland proudly boasts one of Europe's lowest prison populations.

As Helsinki hosts a meeting of the European Union's Justice Ministers this week, the Finnish Government is taking the opportunity to showcase its policy of open prisons to visiting officials in a bid to help improve the quality of the EU's justice systems.

Watch Euronews' Jack Parrock's report in the player above

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