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Capacity

57

Current population

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1873

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 28 May 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1873

Region

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Security level

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Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Notable inmates

  • Junior Kabunda
    1990 · serial killer

    Junior Pashi Kabunda (born 1991), known as The Monster of Brussels, is a Belgian criminal and serial killer.

  • Genevieve Lhermitte
    1966–2023 · homemaker

    Geneviève Lhermitte (16 November 1966 – 28 February 2023) was a Belgian woman who killed all five of her children on 28 February 2007.

  • Marie Alexandrine Becker
    Marie Alexandrine Becker
    1879–1942 · serial killer

    Marie Alexandrine Becker (née Petitjean; 14 July 1879 – 11 June 1942), nicknamed The Black Widow, was a Belgian serial killer who was sentenced to death for poisoning eleven people between 1933 and 1936, and attempting to poison five others.

  • Maurits Liesenborghs
    1889–1946 · journalist

Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.

Contact & address

+32 2 349 32 11
[email protected]
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

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Compared to other facilities in Belgium

78 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 57 · peers avg: 277 (79%)

Data completeness

34%

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World Prisons. (2026). Forest Prison. Retrieved October 15, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/forest-prison
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"Forest Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 15, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/forest-prison.
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@misc{worldprisons-forest-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Forest Prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/forest-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-15}
}