Leigh Harrison
Corrective Services NSW

125 Evan Street
South Penrith, NSW 2750
AUSTRALIA

Your Ref: 02.09.2026 No 11-3/6333-1

Our Ref 21.09.2026 No 11-3/6333-2


Response Regarding the Request for Sleeve Patches


Dear Mr Leigh Harrison


Thank you for your letter and for your interest in the sleeve patches of the Estonian Prison Service. We greatly appreciate the patches from your department that you kindly enclosed with your letter.

We are pleased to send you the following three patches:

1) Our standard-issue patch, which is worn on all our uniforms.
2) Our new dog handler patch, which was redesigned this year and is now officially in use.
3) The patch of our armed response unit.

Regarding the patch featuring a key beneath a rising sun, it was indeed once officially used by the Estonian Prison Service. According to the information we were able to obtain, it was in use during the 1990s. However, it is no longer in service, and unfortunately, we have not been able to establish exactly when its use was discontinued. As the patch dates back several decades, we were unable to find anyone with more detailed knowledge of its history.

We hope these patches will be a valuable addition to your collection.


Yours sincerely,




Rait Kuuse
Deputy Secretary General on Prisons
Ministry of Justice and Digital Affairs