Manevychi Correctional Colony (No. 42)

State Institution “Manevychi Correctional Colony (No. 42)” is located in the urban-type settlement of Manevychi in the Volyn region and is a medium-security facility for the incarceration of men sentenced to imprisonment for a fixed term. The institution is one of the largest correctional colonies in the Volyn region, and its production activities have traditionally been associated with the woodworking industry and furniture manufacturing.

The history of the colony began in March 1958, when the decision was made to create a correctional labour institution in the settlement of Manevychi. In the first years of operation, the main efforts were directed towards the construction of residential blocks, production premises, and communal utility facilities. Simultaneously, a boiler house, a bath and laundry complex, utility networks, and production workshops were constructed.

One of the first industrial focuses was the manufacture of wicker furniture. By May 1959, a wicker furniture workshop had begun operations in the institution, and its products were in demand well beyond the borders of the Volyn region. Subsequently, production was actively expanded, and from 1960, the colony’s enterprise mastered the production of school furniture, desks, classroom blackboards, window frames, and other items within the woodworking industry.

In subsequent years, the institution’s production potential continued to grow. From 1962, the production of barrels, household furniture, and joinery products was established. In 1963, the production of sofas, sofa beds, kitchen sets, and other furniture items began. Gradually, the enterprise’s assortment expanded to over ninety product types, including parquet, door and window blocks, slag blocks, sewing products, furniture, and other goods for industrial and household use.

Education for the inmates held an important place in the institution’s activities. In 1958, a secondary school began operating on the colony’s premises, which provided general secondary education to those serving sentences. The first director of the educational institution was Ivan Petrovych Tymoshenko.

Further development of professional training occurred in 1968, when a vocational school was created at the institution. In 1971, it was re-profiled as Vocational School No. 9. Over the years of its operation, the educational institution has trained over a thousand qualified workers in various specialities, which has contributed to the resocialisation of inmates and their preparation for their return to society upon release.

Alongside production and educational activities, significant attention was paid to cultural and educational work. The institution hosted amateur art groups, conducted cultural and sporting events, developed library services, and engaged in other forms of social-educational work with the inmates.

Throughout the decades, the Manevychi Correctional Colony remained one of the largest industrial centres of the Volyn criminal-executive system. The institution’s enterprise specialised primarily in woodworking and furniture manufacturing, which corresponded to the economic specifics of the region and the significant forest resources of the Polissia area.

Today, State Institution “Manevychi Correctional Colony (No. 42)” continues to carry out its assigned tasks regarding the execution of criminal sentences, the organisation of inmate labour, professional training, and resocialisation. The planned capacity of the institution is 1,100 people.

Over the years, the institution has been headed by O. Ya. Vodopian, M. O. Lipatov, M. P. Mazuryk, V. D. Oleksandrov, I. M. Barchuk, S. P. Karpov, A. I. Stefanovskyi, V. O. Kosianchuk, O. V. Vorobei, S. H. Litovets, and other leaders who have made significant contributions to the development of the institution.

The current head of the institution is Oleksandr Vasylovych MUZYKA.

Contact Information

State Institution “Manevychi Correctional Colony (No. 42)”

44600, Volyn region, Kamin-Kashyrskyi district, Manevychi, A. Snitka St., 25

Telephone: (03376) 2-14-99
E-mail: [email protected]

Head of the institution: Oleksandr Vasylovych MUZYKA.