Dubrava Prison
{{Short description|Prison in Kosovo}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
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| location = Istok, Kosovo
| coordinates = {{coord|42|45|41|N|20|31|46|E|display=inline,title}}
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| population = 1,000
| populationdate = 1999
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| managed_by = Kosovo Correctional Service, UNMIK
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The Dubrava Prison ({{langx|sq|Dubravë}}) is a correctional facility located near Istok, Kosovo, the largest prison in the country.
Events
=1999 bombings and executions=
{{main|Dubrava Prison bombings and executions}}
On 19 and 21 May serbs bombed the prison, killing at least 23 KLA members. A prison riot followed, during which Serbian forces killed more than 100 Albanians.{{cite book|author1=Dick A. Leurdijk|author2=Dick Zandee|title=Kosovo: from crisis to crisis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IJZpAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Ashgate|isbn=978-0-7546-1554-5}}
=2003 riot=
Five inmates were killed and 16 injured during a riot that broke out on 4 September 2003 following protests on the living conditions in the prison. UNMIK tried to peacefully end the protest but inmates set fire to their mattresses.
In 2019 a study on the quality of life in the prison was published.{{Cite Q | Q92068075 }}
References
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Sources
- {{cite book|author=Jelle Janssens|title=State-building in Kosovo. A plural policing perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YS15BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA124|date=5 February 2015|publisher=Maklu|isbn=978-90-466-0749-7|pages=124–}}
- {{cite book|author=UN|title=Yearbook of the United Nations 2003|volume=57|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T9w-zXQ7eeEC&pg=PA425|year=2005|publisher=United Nations|isbn=978-92-1-100905-7|pages=425–}}
- {{cite book|author=U.S. Department of State|title=Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2009|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sD1lq4Mim0sC&pg=PA1599|publisher=Government Printing Office|pages=1599–|id=GGKEY:4948J6P5EWT}}
- {{cite book|author=U.S. Department of State|title=Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O5rs8UkMj64C&pg=PA1623|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=978-0-16-081399-3|pages=1623–}}