Report on the Results of the Monitoring Visit to the Multidisciplinary Hospital of the Health Care Center of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine at Temnivska Penal Colony No. 100
Torn slippers, injections administered to convicts through bars, illegal placement in special chamber-wards for an indefinite period. In one of these wards, the monitors spoke with a convict who could not explain the reasons for his stay in the hospital facility and subsequently began to cry.
“If you want a ‘tarochka’ — ask for permission” — report on the results of the monitoring visit to Temnivska Penal Colony No. 100
An atmosphere of fear prevails within the institution; public humiliation and stigmatisation of convicts are practised. After the monitors' visit, everyone who had contact with the group was summoned at night by institution staff and interrogated under threat regarding the information provided.
Six men conduct round-the-clock video surveillance of women in dormitory rooms
During a monitoring visit to Naderzhynshchyna Correctional Colony No. 65, numerous complaints were recorded regarding the installation of round-the-clock video surveillance cameras in dormitories, violations of the right to work and social protection, and obstruction of the monitoring visit by the institution’s administration.
Release from serving a sentence due to health conditions
Lawyers at the KHPG have created a step-by-step guide for convicts who have the right to be released due to serious illnesses and wish to apply to us for legal assistance.
Condemned to agony: problems regarding release from penal institutions due to serious illness
Untimely diagnosis, the absence of medical care in places of detention, protracted judicial processes, and decisions contradicting ECHR practice — these issues were discussed by experts during a round table at the Office of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights.
Report on the Results of the Monitoring Visit to Bila Tserkva Correctional Colony No. 35
The first visit to the institution took place on 6 August 2021. During the follow-up visit, our monitors observed that the previously provided recommendations had been only partially implemented. The facility practices unpaid slave labour, lacks privacy, fails to properly document bodily injuries, and commits other violations.
Report on the findings of the monitoring visit to Berdychiv Correctional Centre No. 108
The institution houses men sentenced to restriction of liberty for non-grave crimes. There are certain issues with the issuance of Ukrainian passports to the convicts, some premises require capital repairs, and the exercise yard in the disciplinary isolation unit is too heavily barred.
Report on the results of the monitoring visit to Berdychiv Correctional Colony No. 70
Wages ranging from 64 to 2,132 hryvnias, the lack of rooms in the hospital for food storage and dining, a suspiciously low level of injury documentation, and other violations were observed by our monitors during a follow-up visit to the facility.
Report on the Results of the Monitoring Visit to Zhytomyr Correctional Colony No. 4
“You will leave, but we have to live here”—a stock phrase with which some convicts answered the monitors’ questions. The informal prison hierarchy, unpaid labour, exposed electrical wires, and other violations are detailed in our report.
Report on the results of the monitoring visit to Zhytomyr Penal Institution No. 8
On 10 April 2023, our monitors conducted their first visit to the institution. The recommendations were partially implemented, but violations of prisoners’ rights are still observed in the colony. Medical examinations are conducted through bars, living space standards are not met, and the walls of some cells in the medical unit are covered in mould.
Cancer Behind Bars – The System Kills Again
Serhiy Sabirov is a life-sentenced prisoner. He has stage-four cancer. The medical unit of his correctional colony lacks a licence for potent painkillers. This means daily, excruciating pain. But the state does not want to release this man so that he can die with dignity.