Białystok Prison

53°07′36″N 23°07′03″E / 53.12667°N 23.11750°E / 53.12667; 23.11750StatusActiveOpened~1955Managed byPolish Prison Service

The Białystok Prison (Polish: Zakład Karny w Białymstoku) is a prison in Hetmańska street, Młodych District of Białystok, capital of Podlaskie Voivodeship. The prison also houses the seat of the District Inspectorate of the Prison Service in Białystok and the Occupational Health Care Facility in Białystok.^[1]

History

Around the mid-1950s, barracks were built in the prison's location where prisoners from the Białystok Prison on Kopernika Street were held. They worked on the premises as well as outside of it.^[2] In 1961, brick buildings were built and the Prisoner Labor Sub-Center at the Central Prison in Białystok operated.^[1] Since then it is used as a prison.^[3] The prison received its current status on 1st of July 1996.^[1]

External links

Media related to Penitentiary in Białystok at Wikimedia Commons

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c "25 lat Zakładu Karnego w Białymstoku" (in Polish). Polish Prison Service. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
^ Markiewicz 2018, p. 67.
^ Zwolski 2013, p. 16.

Bibliography

Markiewicz, Marcin (2018). Odwilż na prowincji Białostocczyzna 1956–1960 (in Polish). Białystok: IPN. ISBN 978-83-809-8537-7.
Zwolski, Marcin (2013). Śladami zbrodni okresu stalinowskiego w województwie białostockim (in Polish). Białystok: IPN. ISBN 978-83-62357-25-3.

Białystok

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History

Timeline
Jewish community
Jewish Heritage Trail
Białystok Ghetto
- uprising
1941 Białystok massacres
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Podlaska Cavalry Brigade
Khvolesova Jewish Girls' High School
42nd Infantry Regiment
2nd Signal Regiment
Podlaskie-Masurian Border Protection Forces Brigade

Landmarks and culture

Streets and squares	Lipowa Street Kościuszko Market Square
Museums	Podlaskie Museum in Białystok Podlaskie Museum of Folk Culture Army Museum
Cemeteries	Bagnówka cemetery Ghetto cemetery Municipal Cemetery Orthodox cemetery (Jaroszówka) Orthodox cemetery (Leśna Dolina)

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Churches	Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit Orthodox Church of the Resurrection Orthodox Church of St. George Orthodox Church of St. John the Evangelist Orthodox Church of St. Euphrosyne Orthodox Church of the Divine Wisdom Orthodox Church of St. Mary Magdalene St. Roch's Church St. Kazimierz Church St. Jadwiga Church Divine Mercy Sanctuary

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