Report on the Results of a Monitoring Visit to Berdychiv Correctional Colony No. 70
Certain premises have been renovated, and a reading area along with a librarian’s workstation has been arranged. The institution has received modern technical equipment for educational and correctional activities. However, a number of violations were identified: installed CCTV cameras were recorded, medical examinations of convicts are conducted under improper conditions, and an adequate level of natural and artificial lighting is not provided in certain premises.
Report on the Results of a Monitoring Visit to Stryzhavka Multi-Field Hospital
A number of important works aimed at improving the conditions of stay and treatment of patients have been carried out at the hospital. However, significant shortcomings in the material and living conditions of the hospital, the lack of proper conditions to ensure privacy, inadequate provision of information to patients regarding their state of health and treatment, and other violations were established.
Report on the Results of a Monitoring Visit to Stryzhavka Correctional Colony No. 81
During the monitoring visit, certain positive changes aimed at improving the detention conditions of convicts were identified. Violations of convicts’ rights to proper detention conditions, privacy, healthcare, labour and social protection, safe working conditions, proper remuneration, communication, and access to the Internet were revealed.
Report on the Results of the Monitoring Visit to Lityn Correctional Colony No. 123
Repairs have been carried out in various premises, and a psychologists’ room and a prayer room have been established. Cases of prolonged solitary confinement in the DISO of a convict with a mental disorder, inadequate material and living conditions in the DISO/PKT, unsatisfactory work regarding the issuance of passports and RNTRCs to convicts, staff shortages, and other violations were identified.
The Reform Prisoners Never Saw: What Was Really Left Undone in the Penitentiary System Reform Strategy
In December 2022, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the Strategy for the Reform of the Penitentiary System for the Period until 2026. Its stated aim was to create a humanistic penal system that respects human dignity, guarantees safety, and facilitates the reintegration of convicts into society. Less than six months remain until the end of the Strategy’s term. Results can already be evaluated today.
Report on the results of the monitoring visit to Vinnytsia Correctional Colony No. 86
The institution’s administration has carried out a significant amount of renovation work in the residential quarters of various security sectors. At the same time, deficiencies were identified in the organisation of the quarantine, diagnostics, and distribution section, as well as substandard material and living conditions in the disciplinary isolation ward. In the medical unit, the absence of substitution maintenance therapy, shortcomings in the organisation of psychiatric care, and staff shortages were observed.
Report on the results of a monitoring visit to Vinnytsia Correctional Facility No. 1
A modern facility for psychologists has been established, some cell premises have been renovated, and specially equipped cells for persons with disabilities have been created. At the same time, shortcomings were identified in the reception unit and the maximum-security sector, as well as violations regarding laundry and bathing facilities, labour organisation, social protection, and medical care.
Report on the findings of the monitoring visit to Starobabanivska Penal Colony No. 92
Violations of the procedure for organizing the work of the quarantine, diagnostic and distribution unit, inadequate living conditions for convicts, and non-compliance with requirements for ensuring privacy and sanitary-hygienic standards were detected. Violations of the conditions of detention in the disciplinary unit and cell-type premises, shortcomings in the organization of walks, laundry services, and the problem of staff shortages were established.
In Simferopol's SIZO-2, the occupiers are holding dozens of people incommunicado — CTRC
According to the Crimean Tatar Resource Centre, Russian occupiers may be holding dozens of people in complete isolation from the outside world on the third floor of SIZO-2 in Simferopol. We report on this and once again recall the Crimean SIZOs where citizens of Ukraine are being illegally detained, and the enforced disappearances committed by the RF.
Freedom that could have become a death sentence. The story of Mykola Maliarenko
During a scheduled monitoring visit to the Starobabanivska Penal Colony No. 92 in the Cherkasy region, conducted by the KHPG in conjunction with the NGO “Prisoners’ Rights Protection of Ukraine” as part of the DIGNITY project, we were invited to the facility’s medical unit. There, a doctor approached our monitoring group with a request to help one of the patients — Mykola Oleksandrovych Maliarenko.
Report on the findings of the monitoring visit to the Sumy Pre-trial Detention Centre
Renovations have been carried out in certain premises of the Pre-trial Detention Centre. At the same time, a number of violations were identified, including: failure to meet residential floor space standards, inadequate arrangement of sanitary facilities, poor living conditions, and staff shortages. There are also numerous shortcomings in the organisation of medical care.