The third annual report on prisoner rights has been released

The third annual report, “Observance of Prisoner Rights in Ukraine-2007”, has been released, prepared by the public human rights organisation “Donetsk Memorial” with the participation of experts from the Penitentiary Society of Ukraine. The report contains an overview of changes in the activities of the criminal-executive system of Ukraine that occurred during 2007. It presents statistical information reflecting the state of the system’s activities in 2007, provides examples of human rights violations and the reaction of the system’s management to such events and facts, and provides information on the interaction between public organisations and penal institutions.
The report contains conclusions and recommendations aimed at improving the state of human rights observance in the system’s institutions, as well as information on the Department’s implementation of recommendations from previous reports.

The text of the report will be posted on the website www.ukrprison.org.ua in the near future.