Report on the results of the monitoring visit to Konotop Correction Centre No. 130

The State Institution "Konotop Correction Centre (No. 130)" is located in the city of Konotop, Sumy region. As of 21 September 2020, 115 convicts were serving sentences in the centre. The staff of the colony administration consists of 100 people.

Report on the results of the monitoring visit to State Institution "Poltava Correctional Colony (No. 64)"

Individuals who have been convicted for the first time for committing grave and especially grave crimes serve their criminal sentences in the institution.

Pardons in 2019–2020

In 2019, the President pardoned 97 convicts; in the first half of 2020, 10 persons.

Report on the monitoring visit to State Institution "Sumy Correctional Colony No. 116"

This is a medium-security facility for men who are first-time offenders. A week before the monitors' visit, the head of the colony and two of his subordinates were detained on suspicion of embezzling funds intended for payroll payments.

Report on the monitoring visit to State Institution "Bozhkivska Correctional Colony (No. 16)"

Members of the monitoring group familiarised themselves with the conditions of detention of the convicts, conducted confidential interviews with them, inspected the residential, production, and other premises of the institution, and also studied the state of medical care provision.

Report on the monitoring visit to State Institution "Kryukivska Correctional Colony (No. 29)"

Monitors familiarised themselves with the conditions of detention of the convicts, conducted confidential interviews with them, inspected the residential, production, and other premises of the institution, and also studied the state of medical care provision.

Report on the monitoring visit to State Institution "Naderzhynshchynska Correctional Colony (No. 65)"

This is a general regime penal institution for holding women who are serving a sentence of imprisonment for the second time.

Report on the results of the monitoring visit to State Institution "Pervomaiska Correctional Colony (No. 117)"

This is a minimum-security institution with general conditions of detention (for men sentenced to imprisonment for a fixed term).

Report on the monitoring visit to the State Institution ‘Temnivska Penal Colony No. 100’

This is a medium-security penal institution (for the detention of men sentenced to a fixed term of imprisonment who have previously served a term of imprisonment).

THE PENITENTIARY SYSTEM OF UKRAINE IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2020. A Statistical Review

As of 1 July 2020, there were 51,624 persons held in places of deprivation of liberty in Ukraine; over the half-year, the number of prisoners decreased by 1,239, with the number of convicts decreasing by 2,098 and the number of remanded persons increasing by 859. The number of life-sentenced prisoners stands at 1,524. During the first half of 2020, 249 persons died in correctional institutions, and there were 22 cases of suicide.

On the readiness of the penitentiary system of Ukraine to counteract the spread of COVID-19

The report discusses the threat of mass spread of the infectious disease COVID-19 in places of detention in general, and in particular, in penitentiaries.

Report on the visit to the Kamianka Penal Colony No. 34

On 2 July 2020, two members of the Pardon Commission under the President of Ukraine visited the Kamianka Penal Colony No. 34, which houses women who have been convicted of imprisonment for the first time.