Remetinec prison (officially Prison in Zagreb,
Croatian: Zatvor u Zagrebu) is a closed-type
prison located in the
Remetinec neighborhood of
Zagreb,
Croatia.
The prison's capacity is 560 inmates, making it the largest prison in Croatia.[1][2] In July 2012 it housed 904 prisoners and detainees,[3] up from 850 in March 2009.[1] The prison's overcrowding problem is also a major problem of the Croatian prison system in general.[4][5] Poor living conditions led to a prisoners'
hunger strike in May 2008.[6] A planned expansion that will add 340 beds is financed by the
Council of Europe Development Bank, and was in documentation stage as of June 2010[update].[7]
A
Pussy Riot member Aisoltan Niyazova, who was detained in May 2022.[10]
Ante Pavlović, a self-proclaimed chiropractic and YouTuber, who was detained for holding a slave, child molesting and assaulting a priest for refusing to acknowledge that he is a reincarnation of
Jesus Christ.[11][12]
Remetinec prison (officially Prison in Zagreb,
Croatian: Zatvor u Zagrebu) is a closed-type
prison located in the
Remetinec neighborhood of
Zagreb,
Croatia.
The prison's capacity is 560 inmates, making it the largest prison in Croatia.[1][2] In July 2012 it housed 904 prisoners and detainees,[3] up from 850 in March 2009.[1] The prison's overcrowding problem is also a major problem of the Croatian prison system in general.[4][5] Poor living conditions led to a prisoners'
hunger strike in May 2008.[6] A planned expansion that will add 340 beds is financed by the
Council of Europe Development Bank, and was in documentation stage as of June 2010[update].[7]
A
Pussy Riot member Aisoltan Niyazova, who was detained in May 2022.[10]
Ante Pavlović, a self-proclaimed chiropractic and YouTuber, who was detained for holding a slave, child molesting and assaulting a priest for refusing to acknowledge that he is a reincarnation of
Jesus Christ.[11][12]