Haren Prison

Haren Prison
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Coordinates50°53′53″N 4°25′31″E / 50.89796°N 4.42541°E / 50.89796; 4.42541
StatusOperational
Capacity1,190[1]
Population264 (as of 30 December 2022[2])
Opened30 September 2022[3]
Managed byCafasso N.V.
DirectorJurgen Van Poecke[4]
Street addressRue du Witloof / Witloofstraat
(R22 Avenue de la Woluwe / Woluwelaan)
CityHaren, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region
Postal code1130
CountryBelgium
WebsiteOfficial website
Haren Prison
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General information
Cost€382 million (inc VAT)[6][1]
Grounds0.15 km2 (37 acres)[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)EGM architects [buildings][5]
EGM architects and B2Ai [layout][5]
Baljon Landscape Architects [landscape][5]

Haren Prison (French: Prison de Haren, Dutch: Gevangenis van Haren) is a new prison in Haren in the north-eastern part of Brussels, Belgium. It is 9.8 kilometres (6.1 mi) from Brussels-South railway station, and is near Brussels Airport, Vilvoorde Viaduct and the planned Uplace shopping centre in Machelen in Flemish Brabant, just outside Brussels.[7] It is said to be the largest prison complex ever built in Belgium,[8] and is intended to replace the old Saint-Gilles Prison, Forest Prison [fr; nl] and Berkendael Prison [fr; nl].[1] Three cell wings in Saint-Gilles will remain in use until the end of 2024.[6] The women's prison in Berkendael is being converted into a detention centre for about 60 short-term prisoners (imprisonment less than three years).[6]

  1. ^ a b c d Sanen, Sielke (20 October 2021). "De nieuwe gevangenis van Haren in cijfers: 15 hectare groot, 1,2 km muur en plaats voor 1.190 gedetineerden" [The new Haren prison in numbers: 15 hectares in area, 1.2 km of walls and space for 1,190 prisoners]. VRT (broadcaster) (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 20 October 2021.
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  5. ^ a b c Muis, Robert (19 December 2022), "Gevangenisdorp Haren betekent vernieuwing in Belgisch gevangeniswezen" [Prison village Haren means innovation in the Belgian prison system], Architectenweb.nl
  6. ^ a b c "Haren (Brussel) Gevangenis(dorp). Federale Overheidsdienst Justitie" [Haren (Brussels) Prison (village). Federal Public Service Justice], De Vastgoedbeheerder Van De Federale Staat [The Property Manager Of The Federal State] (in Dutch), 4 October 2022 Alternative URL
  7. ^ "Haren Prison, Belgium", Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas
  8. ^ Sente, Arthur (4 October 2021). "Prisons: le mégacomplexe de Haren a poussé, entre démesure et promesses de progrès" [Prisons: the Haren megacomplex has grown, between excess and promises of progress]. Le Soir (in French).