Tartu prison

Prison in Tartu, Estonia

58°20′39″N 26°44′47″E / 58.3443°N 26.7463°E / 58.3443; 26.7463StatusOpenCapacity998Opened16 October 2002Managed byEstonian Department of PrisonsNotable prisonersMilan Lukić
Dragomir Milošević
Milan Martić
Aleksandr Rubel

Tartu prison (Estonian: Tartu vangla) is a prison located in the Ropka industrial district suburb of Tartu in Estonia. The prison was designed by architect Kalle Rõõmus, EstKONSULT and constructed by Skanska EMV. The prison was founded in 2000 with the first inmates arriving on 16 October 2002. The prison's total cost was €423 million, of which €365.8 million was construction costs. The total area is 93,763 m².

Construction began after Parliament approved a €13,500,000 loan from Nordic Investment Bank.^[1]

In 2007, a drug-free center was opened in the prison. That same year the prison received an award from the World Health Organization for its HIV-themed project.

The prison holds several war criminals including Dragomir Milošević, Milan Martić and Milan Lukić.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Brooke Donald (2000-04-20). "Euro-style prison to be built in Tartu". The Baltic Times. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
^ Toomas Randlo (2014-10-21). "War criminal displeased with jailhouse in Tartu". Postimees. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
^ Denis Dzidic (2015-03-12). "Milan Lukic Demands Jail Transfer from Estonia". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 2016-09-03.