Prison Court

{{Short description|Special court in Finland}}

{{More citations needed|date=February 2024}}

Prison Court (Finnish: vankilaoikeus) was a special court in Finland{{cite book | author=OECD | title=Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes Peer Reviews: Finland 2013 Combined: Phase 1 + Phase 2: Combined: Phase 1 + Phase 2 | publisher=OECD Publishing | series=Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes | year=2013 | isbn=978-92-64-19193-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QF0qoKIPtd8C&pg=PA11 | access-date=2024-02-25 | page=11}} with jurisdiction over involuntary commitment of dangerous repeat offenders and sentencing of juvenile offenders into detention centers. The court had a special composition, as it consisted of two permanent judges, a psychiatrist and a scholar with expertise in intoxicant and drug rehabilitation. The institution was closed down in 2006, and was superseded by ordinary administrative courts.