A convict hanged himself in a colony in the Kharkiv region

On Sunday, 27 January, around 7:00, the body of a 37-year-old convict was found in Oleksiyivska Correctional Colony No. 25 (Kharkiv region)

Mortality in Odesa pre-trial detention centre has increased sevenfold.

Prison authorities claim: tuberculosis and heart disease are to blame

Valeria Lutkovska submitted a petition to the Ministry of Justice regarding the cessation of operations of 'special forces' units in penitentiary institutions

The Authorised Representative of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights, Valeria Lutkovska, has submitted a petition to Ukraine's Minister of Justice, Alexander Lavrinovich, concerning the fact that over the past five years, special-purpose units operating outside legislative regulation have been actively employed within the structure of the State Penitentiary Service

Lutkovska calls for funding of prison special forces to be terminated

The Authorised Representative of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights, Valeria Lutkovska, has submitted a petition to the Minister of Justice, Alexander Lavrinovich, regarding the cessation of operations of 'special forces' in penitentiary institutions

Italy found guilty of violating the rights of prisoners

The European Court of Human Rights has found the Italian authorities guilty of violating prisoners' rights, noting that prisons in the country are overcrowded

China plans to reform its labour camp system

The Chinese government will present a draft reform of the system of detention in labour camps without trial in March 2013

Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service requires reform, says ombudsman Lukin

The current reform of the Federal Penitentiary Service, according to Eduard Petrukhine, first deputy head of the service, was written without taking into account the opinions of human rights defenders, and he called for the reform to be corrected in the near future

The Committee Against Torture will visit Ukraine in 2013

A list of countries to be visited by the Committee Against Torture has been published

Online survey: what are the 3 most important criteria for rehabilitation according to you?

A trailer carrying prisoners overturned in Dnipropetrovsk Region

During unauthorised transport of prisoners from Ordzhonikidze Correctional Centre No. 79, the trailer became detached. Four sustained injuries due to trailer malfunction.

A 16-year-old prisoner hanged himself in a cell at Artemivsk pre-trial detention centre

Today, a juvenile detainee at Artemivsk pre-trial detention centre took his own life by hanging himself in his cell.

The Ombudsman has initiated proceedings to verify the legality of the actions taken by special forces units at Kopychyntsi Correctional Colony No. 112

In order to urgently verify information disseminated on the Internet regarding the mass beating of convicts at Kopychyntsi Correctional Colony No. 112 in the Ternopil region, employees of the Department for the Implementation of the National Preventive Mechanism carried out an unannounced visit to this institution.