Zenica prison
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.[1]
As of 2001, the prison had a capacity of 340 inmates.[2]
Inmates
Austria-Hungary (1886-1918)
- Ivo Andrić - Nobel Prize for Literature winner[3]
- 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[4]
- Varnava Nastić - Serbian Orthodox bishop and saint
- Vojislav Šešelj - Serbian politician[5]
In popular culture
- 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
- ^ Mitchel P. Roth, Prisons and prison systems: a global encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006. (p. 39)
- ^ Roy Walmsley, Further developments in the prison systems of Central and Eastern Europe: achievements, problems and objectives. Criminal Justice Press, 2003. (p. 168)
- ^ Ivo Andrić u Zenici 1915-17 g.
- ^ Anthony Knežević, A short history of the Croatian nation . Croatian Catholic Union, Lodge "Croatia", 1987. (p. 130)
- ^ KPD Zenica je bila naš Folsom, naša Yuma i Alcatraz