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Public Administration And Defence Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security Provision Of Services To The Community As A Whole 84.23 - Justice And Judicial Activities
90 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 January 2024
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2024
Foreseen end date
1 July 2024
Description
On the 17th of January, Tartu Prison announced a restructuring plan involving the loss of 90 jobs.
The job reductions are set to occur in July of 2024. The background of the restructuring at the Tartu Prison is a larger restructuring of the work in Estonian prisons, specifically in Tartu.
The number of prisoners has been decreasing in recent years (10% since last year) which means that there is a smaller demand for workers. 250 prisoners will be transferred to the Tallinn and Viru prisons, leaving a little over 300 prisoners to Tartu. Until now, sex offenders and people involved with drug related crimes were carrying their sentence out in Tartu, but will now be moved to Tallinn as it is the newest and most secure prison in Estonia.
Tartu Prison will continue as a local prison and will only take prisoners from the area to make their rehabilitation and transition to the society easier after their sentence has been carried out.
The Head of the prison service, Rait Kuuse, highlighted that Tartu Prison is working closely with the Unemployment Insurance Fund to ensure a smooth transition period for the workers who are now losing their jobs.
Eurofound (2024), Tartu Prison, Internal restructuring in Estonia, factsheet number 200693, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200693.
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