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Remetinec prison (officially Prison in Zagreb, Croatian: Zatvor u Zagrebu) is a closed-type prison located in the Remetinec neighborhood of Zagreb, Croatia.
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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]
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Notable prisoners
- Dinko Šakić, commander of the Jasenovac concentration camp, who died in the prison's hospital in 2008.[8]
- Ivo Sanader, former Prime Minister of Croatia, who was sentenced for corruption in 2012.[9]
- Berislav Rončević, former Croatian defense minister
- Nadan Vidošević, former Croatian minister of economy
- 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]
- Jasmin Agić - Croatian footballer[13]
- Miljenko Mumlek - Croatian footballer[14]
- Rajko Dujmić, Croatian songwriter, composer and music producer.[15]
- Zdravko Mamić, Croatian former football administrator and sports agent.[16]
- Milan Bandić, a former mayor of Zagreb, accused of corruption.[17]
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