The Hague Penitentiary Institution (

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: ''Penitentiaire Inrichting Haaglanden'') is a Dutch prison that is part of the Judicial Institutions Department (''Dienst Justitiële Inrichtingen'', DJI) of the

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. It can accommodate more than 1,000 detainees and consists of two locations, at

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and

Scheveningen Scheveningen is one of the eight districts of The Hague, Netherlands, as well as a subdistrict (''wijk'') of that city. Scheveningen is a modern seaside resort with a long, sandy beach, an esplanade, a pier, and a lighthouse. The beach is po ...

. The Zoetermeer location is for Systematic offenders and the Scheveningen location serves as a Penitentiary Psychiatric Center, the 'open design' Limited Secured Installation and Judicial Medical Center. A special independent unit in the Scheveningen location serves as a United Nations Detention Unit (UNDU) for international offenders where they remain in pre-trial detention under the responsibility of the

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like suspects of the

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(ICTY) and of the

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(ICC).

Zoetermeer location

The

location of the Hague Penitentiary Institution was built in 1995 and is located in the Rokkenhage district in Zoetermeer, a city in the western

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, in the province of

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. The penal institution in Zoetermeer is a detention center and an Institution for Systematic offenders (ISD). The device has capacity for nearly 400 detainees.

Scheveningen location

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The Scheveningen location of the Hague Penitentiary Institution more popularly known as Scheveningen Prison is a famous prison in Belgisch Park (, literally Belgian Park), a neighbourhood in the

district of

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. The penitentiary in the east section of Scheveningen is located at the road Pompstationsweg. The complex Scheveningen includes a Penitentiary Psychiatric Center, Limited Secured Installation (also called 'open design') and the Justice Center for Somatic Care (formerly the Penitentiary Hospital or Judicial Medical Center).

United Nations Detention Unit

A special independently acting unit in the penitentiary's Scheveningen location hosts the United Nations Detention Unit (UNDU), a UN-administered jail as part of the facility. The UNDU was established in 1993 as part of the

(ICTY) and the ICC Detention Centre for the detention of people awaiting trial before the

. The penitentiary was picked as a trial location for the International Criminal Court, through United Nations Security Council Resolution 1688 of 17 June 2006.

Oranjehotel

The Scheveningen prison was built in 1919 to house minor criminals. During World War II the prison was confiscated by the Germans and renamed ''Polizeigefängnis'', but was colloquially known as ''Oranjehotel''. More than 25,000 passed through the prison, the vast majority being Jews, resistance fighters, and political prisoners. Most went on to German prisons and

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s. 215 prisoners were executed at the Waalsdorpervlakte, the dunes opposite the prison. The complex became a prison again after the liberation, however cell 601, one of the cells for people condemned to death, remained in authentic condition. The original buildings were decommissioned in 2009, and were designated a national monument in 2010. About two-thirds of the complex was torn down much to the dismay of the Oranjehotel Foundation.

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