Report on the results of a monitoring visit to Kolomyia Correctional Colony No. 41
The facility houses prisoners of all security levels, including those serving life sentences who have begun the path to rehabilitation. Unlike other institutions, they enjoy more lenient conditions. In the inpatient ward for patients, the monitors recorded a video surveillance camera, even though the use of video cameras in such rooms is prohibited.
Report on the Results of a Monitoring Visit to the Ivano-Frankivsk Penal Institution No. 12
The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group previously conducted a monitoring visit to the institution on 11 February 2023. At that time, monitors received a complaint regarding the failure to provide medical assistance and the lack of proper treatment. Read on to discover what violations were identified this time.Analytical Report on the Results of Monitoring Visits to Places of Confinement in the Government-Controlled Territory of Ukraine in 2022
The analytical report contains the results of monitoring the compliance with the rights of prisoners and detainees in correctional facilities and residents of social care institutions in territories controlled by the Ukrainian authorities, conducted from August to December 2022
Report on the Results of a Monitoring Visit to the Rivne Pre-Trial Detention Centre
The Rivne prison was once the central gaol of Western Volhynia and served as an “ornament” to the city. From here, prisoners would set off on foot for Siberia. Now, it is a pre-trial detention centre housing men, women, and juveniles. In one of the cells, monitors spoke with an individual in pre-trial detention, P., who has been held for 11 years without a court decision, and advised the prisoner to address this issue with the KHPG public reception office.Methodology for Preventive Monitoring of Human Rights in Penitentiary Institutions in the Government-Controlled Territory of Ukraine
This publication contains a detailed guide on conducting monitoring visits to correctional facilities, aimed at monitoring compliance with human rights, in particular of prisoners and detainees.
Report on the Results of a Monitoring Visit to Horodyshche Correctional Colony No. 96
The institution traces its history from a prison where clergy and accomplices of the German occupation regime were held, to a maximum-security colony for men convicted of grave and especially grave crimes. Some of them are serving life sentences. And 33 prisoners are completely ostracised.
Hazardous and injury-prone industrial work — a monitoring visit to Katerynivska Correctional Colony No. 46
Following the visit to the facility, a number of violations were identified: a shortage of doctors, units in need of renovation, a lack of email addresses for inmates, and so on. There is a vocational school and several production sites on the premises. Despite the hazardous nature of some production processes, the convicts work without protective equipment.
‘Lack of palliative care and shortage of doctors’ — report on the results of a monitoring visit to Lviv Penal Institution No. 19
The institution performs the functions of a pre-trial detention centre. During the visit to the psychiatric unit of the Lviv Multi-disciplinary Hospital, which is located on the institution's premises, monitors found that there was a lack of palliative care at the facility, as well as an isolation ward for convicted persons with mental disorders who pose a danger to others.
‘Unsanitary conditions and poor-quality food products’ — a monitoring visit to Drohobych Penal Colony No. 40
The penal institution has a history spanning over 100 years. Some premises of the psychiatric ward located on the colony's grounds look as if they have not been renovated since the facility's foundation. Some patients lack bed linen, and some rooms have exposed electrical wiring.
‘Complete isolation from society’ — a report on the results of a monitoring visit to Kholodnohirska Correctional Colony No. 18
The facility houses individuals serving sentences for committing grave and especially grave crimes. Following a direct hit during enemy shelling by the Russians, there was a horrific fire. Since March 2022, the convicts have been evacuated three times and returned three times. The staff remained with the convicts during these difficult times.
‘Mass beatings and torture’ — a report on the results of a monitoring visit to the Oleksiivska Penal Colony No. 25
“Kharkiv GULAG” — that is how Volodymyr Bordun, who spent 34 years behind bars, described the Oleksiivska Colony No. 25 in his book. Our monitors have investigated what is currently happening in this “model” colony.