Researching the differences between Kakola and Saramäki was accomplished by interviewing eleven male prisoners who served time in both facilities. The study investigated changes in safety, staff-prisoner interaction, as well as the daily lives and environment of the inmates. Furthermore, the prisoners' development proposals were clarified about the operation of the prison of Saramäki. The study uses ethnographic techniques. All relevant data was collected mainly with semi-structured interviews in the spring of 2010. These interviews were recorded and then later transcribed. The data was analyzed, and finally destroyed at the end of the study. It was seen that the safety of the prisoners had improved in Saramäki but the security was considered also to be too strict, thus causing some of the prisoners to worry about their wellbeing. It was stated that in Kakola the staff-prisoner interaction was more natural and guaranteed. Staff-inmate interaction was said to be although partially if not better than that of Kakola. Improvements in the safety reflected both positively and negatively in the prisoners’ daily lives, but it was said that carrying out a sentence in Saramäki was almost similar to one in Kakola. It was stated that the handling and management of personal or social relationships had become harder in Saramäki. Environmentally things had become more monotonous. New cells were seen to have brought improvement to prisoner hygiene. Even though conditions for physical training and hobbies had seemed to become worse, Saramäki appeared to offer a decent framework for physical training and hobbies. Inmates preferred to eat in the ward versus the possibility to eat in the lunch hall. Overall suggestions for improvements avout the prison of Saramäki were varied on a case-by-case basis, each having different recommendations.
It can be concluded from the study results that according to prisoners, Saramäki prison is safer than Kakola at the cost of limiting the prisoners’ social relationships as well as altering their daily lives. Cooperation with the prison staff had seen to become more complicated due to the increased office work along with the increased use of technological equipment. The daily lives of the prisoners had partially changed, and Saramäki is a different environment than Kakola.
It can be concluded from the study results that according to prisoners, Saramäki prison is safer than Kakola at the cost of limiting the prisoners’ social relationships as well as altering their daily lives. Cooperation with the prison staff had seen to become more complicated due to the increased office work along with the increased use of technological equipment. The daily lives of the prisoners had partially changed, and Saramäki is a different environment than Kakola.
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