{{Short description|Prison in Kosovo}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox prison | prison_name = Dubrava Prison | location = Dubravë, near Istog, Kosovo | coordinates = {{coord|42|45|41|N|20|31|46|E|display=inline,title}} | capacity =1,175 | opened =1986 | managed_by = Kosovo Correctional Service, UNMIK | website = |status=Operational}} The '''Dubrava Prison''' ({{langx|sq|Burgu i Dubravës}}) is a correctional facility located near Istog, Kosovo. It is the largest prison in the country.
==Events==
=== 1999 Dubrava Prison massacre === {{main|Dubrava Prison massacre}} On 19 and 21 May Serbs bombed the prison, killing at least 23 Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) members. A prison riot followed, during which Serbian forces killed more than 100 Albanians.<ref name="LeurdijkZandee2001">{{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}}</ref>
===2003 riot=== Five inmates were killed and 16 injured during a riot that broke out on 4 September 2003 following protests over the living conditions in the prison. United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (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.<ref>{{Cite Q | Q92068075 }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} ==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–}}
Category:Prisons in Kosovo Category:Men's prisons Category:Istog