A COMPETITION IS BEING HELD

The international organization with consultative status (Category II) at the UN and the Council of Europe, “Penal Reform International”, jointly with the Centre for Legal Assistance to the Population “Public Defender”, announces a competition for participation in the programme “Development of the System of Public Control in Ukraine”.

The Lukyanivske Pre-trial Detention Centre could relocate outside of Kyiv within 2–3 years.

This is only possible if the state allocates sufficient funds.

President pardons 56 convicts

27 convicts released from places of deprivation of liberty

130–135 PEOPLE DIE IN UKRAINIAN PRE-TRIAL DETENTION CENTRES EVERY YEAR

Nina Karpachova, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, believes that the prosecutor’s office is acting ineffectively in preventing and investigating incidents of torture by police officers and the State Department for the Execution of Sentences.

Can prisoners really receive parcels without hindrance?

Commentary on reports regarding the Cabinet of Ministers’ Resolution and the Constitutional Court’s decision

How many parcels can a convict receive?

Decision of the Constitutional Court regarding the constitutionality of certain points in Section 2 of the Law “On the State Budget of Ukraine for 2008”

Parcels for prisoners are no longer restricted

But the practice of punishing those in captivity by banning parcels (deliveries), small packages, and the purchase of food still persists.

Prisoners will also read

The Lviv City Centre for Social Services has collected over seven hundred books for convicts

Three years added to the sentence for an unmade bed. A letter to Donetsk prosecutors

In the Donetsk region, “there are many examples where staff of the prosecutor’s office turn a blind eye to human rights violations and the use of torture, and the procedures for investigating reports of torture are ‘very far from European standards’.” This is stated in an Open Letter from the public historical-educational and human rights charitable organisation “Donetsk Memorial” addressed to the Prosecutor of the Donetsk region.

Brain ring in the Chernihiv women’s colony

On 28 June 2008, a brain ring “Constitution of Ukraine – the basic law of the Ukrainian state” took place at the Chernihiv correctional colony No. 44.

Conference in Zaporizhzhia

A conference on “Improving criminal-executive legislation – public and scientific support” was held at the Classic Private University in Zaporizhzhia.

Information bulletin from the State Department for the Execution of Punishments.

The State Department for the Execution of Punishments invites you to discuss its reform concept.