Report on the results of a monitoring visit to the State Institution ‘Khmelnytskyi Pre-trial Detention Centre’
In the medical unit’s ward cells, there is a violation of the convicts’ right to privacy, and some of the institution’s premises require renovation.
Report on the Results of the Monitoring Visit to State Institution ‘Zamkova Penal Colony (No. 58)’
The prisoners’ right to medical care is being violated in the institution. Monitors also recorded expired medicinal products.
Report on the results of the monitoring visit to the State Institution ‘Zhytomyr Correctional Colony (No. 4)’
In the institution’s medical unit, violations of the convicts’ rights to protection against torture and inhuman treatment, as well as to proper sanitary and hygienic conditions, were identified.
Report on the Results of the Monitoring Visit to the State Institution ‘Zhytomyr Penal Institution (No. 8)’
Deficiencies identified in the medical unit's operation, leading to violations of the rights of convicts. The institution's premises are in need of major repairs.
Report on the Results of a Monitoring Visit to State Institution ‘Ivano-Frankivsk Penal Institution No. 12’
Monitors received a complaint regarding the failure to provide medical assistance and the lack of adequate treatment. The medical unit’s wards require repairs.
Report on the results of a monitoring visit to the State Institution ‘Transcarpathian Penal Institution (No. 9)’
Shortages of personnel and equipment in the institution’s medical unit result in a violation of the prisoners’ right to medical care.
Monitoring visit to Lviv Multidisciplinary Hospital No. 19 of the State Institution “Health Care Center of the State Criminal-Executive Service of Ukraine”
The institution provides neither adequate treatment nor proper conditions of detention.
Report on the results of a monitoring visit to the State Institution ‘Lviv Penitentiary Facility (No. 19)’
In the outpatient department, prisoners suffering from active tuberculosis are held in inadequate conditions.
Report on the results of a monitoring visit to the State Institution ‘Lutsk Pre-trial Detention Centre’
The medical unit lacks a shower room; the wards are unsanitary; and the toilets and sewage system are severely worn and require urgent repair.
Report on the results of a monitoring visit to the State Institution ‘Manevychi Penal Colony (No. 42)’
The right of convicted persons to healthcare, to the extent established by legislation, is being violated within the institution and its medical unit.
The Struggle for Yaroslav Mysiak’s Freedom
Yaroslav Mysiak is a pastor sentenced to death by firing squad for a crime committed by someone else. He has been serving a life sentence for over 20 years. Apart from confessions extracted under the threat of violence against his wife and two-year-old daughter, the case materials contain no evidence of his guilt.