Nieuw Vosseveld

It harbors some of Europe's "most dangerous" criminals, including Hüseyin Baybaşin, Mohammed Bouyeri and Ridouan Taghi.

[2] Dutch underground members Corrie and Betsie ten Boom were held at Vught in 1944, before being sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp.

Poncke Princen, who would later become known for going over to the Indonesian guerrillas opposing Dutch rule, was also imprisoned at Vught for his anti-Nazi activities.

Due to hunger, sickness and abuse, at least 749 children, women and men died in the concentration camp.

As a parliamentary enquiry (the Committee A.M. Baron Tuyll van Serooskerken) showed in 1950, this resulted in maltreatment and even summary executions.

The current building was designed by architects and Maris van den Berg, with a capacity of 120 to 140 detainees.

[4] Recently, the prison opened a department where terrorist suspects can be held, which uses part of the original juvenile building.

[4] Presently, PI Vught has 15 different regimes and a capacity for 750 prisoners and TBS-ers (i.e. subject to involuntary commitment).

PI Vught TBS houses two units, designed in close collaboration with Prof WPJ Pompestichting.