Sokyriany Correctional Colony (No. 67)
Sokyriany Correctional Colony (No. 67) is a medium-security penal institution for holding men sentenced to a fixed term of imprisonment.
The institution is located in the city of Sokyriany, Chernivtsi region, and is one of the largest penitentiary institutions in the region. The history of the institution began in 1961, when a general-regime correctional labour colony was established on the site of the Sokyriany Building Materials Plant.
A prerequisite for its founding was the development of industrial stone extraction in the region, which had begun back in the mid-1950s. Subsequently, the colony was reorganized into a reinforced-regime correctional labour colony, and after the Criminal Executive Code of Ukraine came into force in 2003, it received the status of a medium-security institution.
Over the decades, a significant production complex has been formed at the institution, which traditionally specialized in stone, wood, and metal processing. At the same time, modern approaches to organizing the labour of convicts ensure it is carried out exclusively in accordance with the requirements of Ukrainian legislation, while observing labour rights, occupational health and safety rules, and the principle of voluntary participation in paid labour.
The institution features training and production facilities and provides professional training for convicts, allowing them to acquire vocational skills and improve their professional qualifications before their release. The acquisition of a full general secondary education in accordance with state educational programmes is also ensured.
Sokyriany Correctional Colony has repeatedly been under the scrutiny of the National Preventive Mechanism, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, and human rights organizations.
During monitoring visits, the conditions of detention, the state of medical care, the realization of the right to work, access to education, social and educational work, and other fundamental human rights were evaluated.
Alongside positive changes, the results of such visits included recommendations for further improving material and living conditions, medical care, and bringing certain aspects of the institution’s activities into compliance with national and international standards for the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty.
Contact information for the State Institution “Sokyriany Correctional Colony (No. 67)” Address: 8 Pokrovskyi Lane, Sokyriany, Chernivtsi region, 60200
Head: Hennadii Mykolaiovych Martyniuk
Telephone: (03739) 2-04-26
Email: [email protected]