About Project

What is it about?

The construction of the new pavilion in the Prison-rehabilitation center for Women in Pozarevac is part of the ``Improving the living conditions in the Penalty Institution for women in Pozarevac`` project. The new building for accommodation has solved the problem of insufficient capacities of the institution, offering women a more modern and safer prison.  

The only prison for women in Serbia

The Penalty Institution for Women in Pozarevac is the only women’s prison in Serbia, whose main accommodation building was built in 1874 and since then has never been the subject of large investments and reconstructions.

The correctional facility has been designed for 250 female prisoners, but during the last several years there have been more female prisoners frequently. The newly-built pavilion of this institution in Pozarevac can admit 160 persons.
This is a joint project of the European Union and the Ministry of Justice (Directorate for Execution of Criminal Sanctions), where 85% of the project value is financed from the EU funds, and 15% from the Republic of Serbia.

The new building has 2600 square meters has been designed and built as an atrium with a ground floor and one floor, and consists of open, half-open and  misdemeanor departments. The furniture for the new pavilion was made by the prisoners of the ``Zabela`` correctional facility, and the linen was sewn by the female prisoners from the Penalty Institution for women in Pozarevac,  in the tailor workshop located in the prison circle.