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Zenica prison

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Phone
  
+387 32 449-700

Address
  
Sarajevska 36, Zenica 72000, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Zenica Hotel, Multiplex Ekran, Kantonalna bolnica Zenica, Dom zdravlja Zenica, Pravni fakultet

Zenica prison (Kaznenopopravni zavod zatvorenog tipa Zenica, KPZ Zenica, K.P. DOM) is a closed-type prison located in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was opened in 1886. It was the largest prison in Yugoslavia during its existence, and is currently the largest prison in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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As of 2016, the prison had a capacity of 813 inmates.

Austria-Hungary (1886-1918)

  • Ivo Andrić - Nobel Prize for Literature winner
  • Gavrilo Princip, Nedeljko Čabrinović, Muhamed Mehmedbašić, Vaso Čubrilović - Collaborators in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
  • SFR Yugoslavia (1945-1992)

  • Petar Čule - Catholic bishop
  • Varnava Nastić - Serbian Orthodox bishop and saint
  • Vojislav Šešelj - Serbian politician
  • Alija Izetbegović -Bosnian politician
  • KPD Zenica prison is mentioned in a song "Zenica blues" by Bosnian band Zabranjeno pušenje.
  • KPD Zenica Prison is mentioned in a song "K.P. Dom" by Bosnian Band Dubioza Kolektiv
  • References

    Zenica prison Wikipedia