Sumy Correctional Colony (No. 116)

The State Institution “Sumy Correctional Colony (No. 116)” is a medium-security institution for the detention of men sentenced to imprisonment for a specific term.

The institution is located in the city of Sumy and is part of the structure of the State Penal Service of Ukraine.

The history of the institution began in 1974, when construction of a medical-labour dispensary (LTP) commenced on territory previously used as a city landfill.

The supervision of construction and the organisation of the new institution’s activities were carried out by its first head — Captain of the Internal Service Volodymyr Bakumenko.

In 1977, the first dormitory was commissioned, and by 1978, the construction of a vocational school, a second dormitory, a club-canteen, a bathhouse, a laundry, storage facilities, and the first phase of a garage complex were completed. Simultaneously, the construction of a third dormitory and a production building continued.

In 1980, the construction of the medical-labour dispensary was fully completed. It was then that the production zone began operating, which included mechanical and foundry workshops.

The institution actively developed its own production of consumer goods, and the following year, a vegetable storage facility and premises for auxiliary farming were commissioned, and the construction of a greenhouse complex began.

After the abolition of the medical-labour dispensary system in independent Ukraine, the institution was repurposed.

On 30 November 1992, it began operations as a general-regime correctional colony. The reorganisation was carried out under the leadership of Major of the Internal Service Volodymyr Shevchenko.

Further development of the institution took place in the context of the reform of the Ukrainian penal system.

In accordance with the order of the State Department of Ukraine for the Execution of Punishments dated 11 September 2000, No. 185, the colony was repurposed into a corrective labour colony of intensified regime.

After the entry into force of the new Penal Code of Ukraine and the reform of the classification of penal institutions, it received its modern status as a medium-security institution.

In different years, the institution was headed by Volodymyr Bakumenko, Viktor Zakharchenko, Leonid Vasylenko, Oleksandr Zhdan, Volodymyr Shevchenko, Serhii Vasyaiev, Oleksandr Koshkarov, Andrii Zhelezniak, and other managers who contributed to the development of the institution and its production base.

Following the onset of the full-scale armed aggression by the Russian Federation, the Sumy region has been under constant threat of missile, air, and drone attacks. Despite the difficult security situation, the State Institution “Sumy Correctional Colony (No. 116)” continues to perform the functions assigned to it by the state, ensuring proper conditions for the detention of convicts, the organisation of their labour, professional training, medical care, and social and educational work.

Today, the State Institution “Sumy Correctional Colony (No. 116)” remains one of the main penal institutions in the Sumy region.

Contact information State Institution “Sumy Correctional Colony (No. 116)”, 110 Romenska St, Sumy, Sumy region, 40002

Head of the institution: Serhii Yuriiovych DORODKO

Telephone: (0542) 61-81-91 E-mail: [email protected]