Gjilan Detention Center was built in 1957 initially functioned under the administration of Gjilan Municipal Police, after the war was taken in the administration of KFOR, and in January 2000 the International Civilian Police of UNMIK received it under the supervision which has continued to administer the institution until February 2001 where was received under the administration of the Kosovo Correctional Service .During that period has been under the management of international staff while in April 2005 were transferred the competences to national management staff.
In Gjilan Detention Centre are placed the detainees from Gjilan nearby regions and others, and admitted the persons to serve the sentence imposed by the municipal courts and minor offences. This facility has a capacity of 90 inmates placed on three floors.
Gjilan Detention Centre has the library with 150 books of different genres in different languages, such as Albanian, Serbian, Turkish, English.