The operational expenses of Prison Administration amounted to 692.1 millions FIM in 2000. Almost 70 per cent of the operational appropriations of Prison Administration were used for staff salaries. Probation Service answers for community sanctions carried out at liberty. These are eg. Community service of minimum 20 and maximum 200 hours can be imposed instead of unconditional prison sentences of maximum eight months.
Community service is unpaid work performed under supervision.
The amount of community service sentences went down during the last two years. Supervision, though, has increased. Supervision has started emphasizing the significance of cooperation with other authorities as well. The youth sentence experiment was being carried out in seven local court districts. The experiment will go on to the end of 2001.