Conclusion: Origins of Ethnic Tensions and Future Scenarios

In the conclusion, I encapsulate the plot of the book and unfold the ways that ethnicity and masculinities are acted out in the Finnish prison environment. The chapter summarises the similarities and differences of Finnish prisons compared with prisons studied in other countries regarding the meanings of ethnicity and race in everyday social life. I summarise and elaborate my findings and arguments concerning the indigenous and imported origins of the meanings of ethnicity—and the changes in these. I also formulate possible paths ahead for Finnish prisons and argue that only one of these paths is worth exploring.