The Zenica prison (''Kazneno-popravni zavod zatvorenog tipa Zenica'', ''KPZ Zenica'', ''K.P. DOM'', ''Zenička kaznionica'') is a closed-type

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Zenica Zenica ( ; ) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and an administrative and economic center of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Zenica-Doboj Canton. It is located in the Bosna (river), Bosna river valley, about north of Sarajevo. The ...

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

Inmates

Austria-Hungary (1886–1918)

Ivo Andrić Ivo Andrić ( sr-Cyrl, Иво Андрић, ; born Ivan Andrić; 9 October 1892 – 13 March 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature, 1961. His writ ...

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Gavrilo Princip Gavrilo Princip ( sr-Cyrl, Гаврило Принцип, ; 25 July 189428 April 1918) was a Bosnian Serb student who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Sophie, Duchess von ...

Nedeljko Čabrinović Nedeljko Čabrinović ( sr-Cyrl, Недељко Чабриновић; 1 February 1895 – 23 January 1916) was a Bosnian Serb typesetter and political activist, known for his role in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28 ...

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– collaborators in the

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SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)

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Vojislav Šešelj Vojislav Šešelj ( sr-Cyrl, Војислав Шешељ, ; born 11 October 1954) is a Serbian politician and convicted war criminal. He is the founder and president of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS). Between 1998 and 2000, he was a D ...

– Serbian politicianKPD Zenica je bila naš Folsom, naša Yuma i Alcatraz
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Ipe Ivandić Goran "Ipe" Ivandić (December 10, 1955 – January 12, 1994) was a Bosnian rock drummer, famous for his work with the band Bijelo Dugme. Early life Ivandić was born to father Josip and mother Mirjana in the central Bosnian town of Vareš wh ...

– Yugoslav musician

Yugoslav wars and today

Jackie Arklöv Jackie Banny Arklöv (born 6 June 1973) is a Swedish convicted murderer and bankrobber. Arklöv is an ex-neo-Nazi, Yugoslav Wars mercenary and war criminal, who, with two other neo-Nazis, murdered two police officers after a bank robbery in 1999 ...

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; spent one year of eight-year sentence for war crimes at the Zenica prison before being released to Sweden *

Jerko Ivanković Lijanović Jerko Ivanković Lijanović (born 15 November 1969) is a Bosnian businessman and politician. He is a member of the People's Party Work for Prosperity, and has served as Federal Minister of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Forestry from 2011 to 2015. ...

– Bosnian politician and businessman sentenced in 2020 to seven years for abuse of office

In popular culture

* KPD Zenica prison is featured in season 6 of the Netflix series

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* KPD Zenica prison is mentioned in a song "Zenica blues" by Bosnian band

Zabranjeno pušenje Zabranjeno Pušenje () is a Bosnian Rock music, rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1980. The group's musical style primarily consists of a distinctive garage rock sound with Bosnian folk music, folk influences, often featuring innovative production a ...

* KPD Zenica prison is mentioned in a song "K.P. Dom" by Bosnian Band Dubioza Kolektiv * KPD Zenica prison is mentioned in a song "Zenica" by Bosnian singer

DJ Krmak Goran Žižak (born 30 August 1968), better known as DJ Krmak (), is a Bosnian Croat turbo-folk musician. Biography Žižak began making music in childhood, when he started performing at the nearby motels. Upon completing his military service, ...

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* KPD Zenica prison is mentioned in a song "KPD Zenica" by

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group Raspjevane Meraklije

References

External links

* {{Coord, 44.193647, N, 17.913352, E, source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:BA, display=title Prisons in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1886 establishments in Austria-Hungary