Bureau for Execution of Criminal Sanctions ( Montenegrin: ''Zavod za izvršenje krivičnih sankcija'', abbreviated as ZIKS) is a Montenegrin

governmental A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

department administering the national prison system.

Organisation

ZIKS consists of 4 distinct organizational units, 3 of which make up the

Spuž Spuž ( cnr, Спуж) is a small town seated near Zeta river, within the municipality of Danilovgrad in the central Montenegrin region. Overview It is located halfway between Podgorica and Danilovgrad, in the Bjelopavlići valley. It was part o ...

prison complex, northwest of central

Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; Literal translation, lit. 'under the hill') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd ...

. The Spuž complex was erected in the 1950s, replacing several smaller prisons within Podgorica city proper. ''ZIKS'' and ''Spuž prison'' are often used interchangeably.

Remand prison

Remand prison (''Istražni zatvor'') is a

pre-trial detention Remand, also known as pre-trial detention, preventive detention, or provisional detention, is the process of detaining a person until their trial after they have been arrested and charged with an offence. A person who is on remand is held i ...

prison, located within the ''Spuž prison complex''. It consists of a single three-floor building and a surrounding yard, encircled with a brick wall. It can house 370 suspects, of which 40 beds are within female ward. Usually, there are around 300 suspects awaiting trial at the prison at any time.

Detention and rehabilitation centre Podgorica

Detention and rehabilitation centre Podgorica (''Kazneno popravni dom Podgorica'', abbreviated as ''KPD Podgorica'') is a facility for incarceration of convicted felons, located within the ''Spuž prison complex''. It houses inmates convicted to prison sentences longer than 6 months. It consists of following housing units: * Closed Section (''Zatvoreno odjeljenje'') - Medium/maximum security facility, containing a yard with several pavilions, encircled with a high brick wall. Colloquially known as ''Krug'' (''The circle''). **Pavilion A - medium security, capacity 80 inmates **Pavilion B - medium security, capacity 92 inmates **Pavilion C - maximum security, under permanent

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, capacity 24 inmates **Pavilion D - medium security, capacity 100 inmates **Disciplinary unit - a

solitary confinement Solitary confinement is a form of imprisonment in which the inmate lives in a single cell with little or no meaningful contact with other people. A prison may enforce stricter measures to control contraband on a solitary prisoner and use additi ...

unit, single building with 8 cells *Semi-open Section (''Polu otvoreno odjeljenje'', POO) - minimum security facility, capacity 470 inmates. Colloquially known as ''Ekonomija'' (''The economy''). *Pavilion F - facility housing minors, female prisoners and foreign nationals The KPD has had a chronic problem with overcrowding, with 20% to 30% more inmates incarcerated than nominal capacity allows.

Facility for short term prison sentences

Facility for short term prison sentences (''Zatvor za kratke kazne'', ZKK) is a separate prison unit within ''Spuž prison complex'', housing inmates that are serving prison sentences shorter than 6 months. It is divided into medium and minimum security sections, and has a capacity of 150 inmates. It consists of a single two-floor pavilion and surrounding yard, encircled with a chain-link fence.

Bijelo Polje prison

Bijelo Polje prison is the only part of ZIKS located outside the ''Spuž prison complex''. The building, erected in 1949, is situated in the urban core of

Bijelo Polje Bijelo Polje ( cnr, Бијело Поље, ) is a town in northeastern Montenegro on the Lim (river), Lim River. It has an urban population of 15,400 (2011 census). It is the administrative, economic, cultural and educational centre of northern M ...

, in northern Montenegro. It consists of a prison for convicted felons and a remand prison. Entire facility has a capacity of 110 inmates. It serves as a short term prison sentence facility and a pre-trial detention center. It houses inmates serving longer sentences only when inmates are transferred from Spuž for security reasons, or inmates from northern Montenegro opt to serve there, in order to be closer to their families.

References

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