# Belgrade Correctional Institution – Padinska Skela

The prison where, in 2024, an inmate died after his cellmates had beaten him for days. The Higher Court convicted them of aggravated murder at first instance. The Ombudsman found that the medical service had neither recorded examinations nor photographed the injuries, and that security staff had not reported visible injuries. The warden and ten staff members were suspended, and four guards and the prison doctor have been charged with negligence in the performance of duty, which they deny.

## Affairs

- [Death of Stanimir Brajković in Padinska Skela prison](https://odgovornost.rs/en/afere/smrt-stanimira-brajkovica): According to the Ombudsman, prison doctors did not record examinations and security staff did not report visible injuries to their superiors

## People

- [Vladimir Bukvić](https://odgovornost.rs/en/osobe/vladimir-bukvic): governor of the Belgrade Correctional Institution (Padinska Skela)

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Source: Odgovornost, https://odgovornost.rs/en/organizacije/kpz-padinska-skela  
As of: 7 Nov 2026  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en)