ABSTRACT
Hasselt’s prison was composed of 58 cells, a number considered small when compared with other prisons of the same type and period. The prison had a star-shaped plan, but instead of cells at both sides of each wing with a central corridor, two rows of cells were placed back to back centrally in each wing with narrow corridors at the side. In 2005, the university changed its name from University Centre Limburg to Hasselt University, but its campus was located in the city’s outskirts. Classrooms and offices for the Faculty of Law are located in a new building attached to the old prison; a new building next to the prison also houses the Rector’s offices. The original prison wall was preserved in its entirety, and no changes were made to the front façade, except for the entrance doors at the side, which were replaced with fencing doors to allow views to the green courtyards behind the wall.
