Breivik may face life imprisonment

Norwegian terrorist Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in 2011, has filed a lawsuit against the authorities over his long-term detention in solitary confinement.

Access to medical treatment for prisoners in the ATO zone

The All-Ukrainian Network of People Living with HIV (PLWH) continues to provide assistance to HIV-positive prisoners in the ATO zone. Situation as of 12 June 2015.

Prison is an Exceptional Measure for a Child

The project ‘Strengthening the Role of Civil Society in Protecting the Rights of Vulnerable Groups of Convicts’ has been launched in Ukraine. Its main goal is to overcome discrimination against former prisoners

On the Analysis of the Regulation on the Procedure for Exercising Pardons (Subjective Impressions Regarding an Objective Analysis)

Recently, the President approved the text of the updated Regulation on the Procedure for Exercising Pardons via Decree. Vadym Chovhan believes that ‘Practically nothing from that regulation (the 2013 draft) has been taken into account. In essence, it is the exact same document as before!!!’

Strange Peculiarities of Penitentiary Statistics in 2014

The Penitentiary Service has admitted that, since approximately September, it has not controlled 28 institutions in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions; yet, when publishing statistical data for the entire period until the end of the year, the inmates of these institutions were supposedly included. Ambiguities in the disclosure of statistical data are a rather alarming indicator of the professional attitude of the department’s responsible officials towards the performance of their duties.

15 Years Without the Death Penalty

By the decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine of 29 December 1999, the criminal punishment of ‘death penalty’ was recognised as unconstitutional.

Released Persons on Prisons in the ATO Zone

In November 2014, the human rights organisation ‘Donetsk Memorial’ conducted a survey of persons released from places of deprivation of liberty. The survey took place in Donetsk

Reform of Penitentiary Healthcare

An analysis of the state policy concept regarding the reform of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine shows that there is no clear understanding at the political level that healthcare in correctional facilities is an integral part of public healthcare. The absence of a deep analysis of the problems existing in Ukraine’s penitentiary healthcare sector for 20 years has not allowed for the initiation of any concrete measures to rectify the situation in the field of prisoner healthcare.

Amendments to the Criminal-Executive Code of Ukraine

This review describes some of the innovations introduced to the Criminal-Executive Code of Ukraine on 8 April 2014.

How They Voted in Places of Detention in the Chernihiv Region

During the monitoring of elections in places of detention, no gross violations that could have affected the voting process or the results of the citizens’ expression of will were detected.

Penitentiary Reform Ended Before It Really Began

The implementation of the State Targeted Programme for the Reform of the State Criminal-Executive Service for 2013–2017 has been suspended

On the Latest Visit of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture to Ukraine

The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture has again confirmed that in penitentiary institutions, human rights are an empty phrase. But this time, they also attempted to fraudulently deceive the Committee.