Report on the results of a monitoring visit to the State Institution ‘Dykanska Correctional Colony (No. 12)’
During the visit to the institution, the monitoring team inspected the DIZO/PKT sector, the high-security ward, the quarantine, diagnostic and distribution ward, the medical unit, and the colony administration offices.
Report on the results of a monitoring visit to the Oleksiivska Correctional Colony No. 25
This is a medium-security colony for the confinement of men sentenced to imprisonment for a specific term who have previously served a sentence of imprisonment. There was no obstruction to accessing the institution. The institution has a reputation for systemic human rights violations.
Report on the results of a monitoring visit to Solonianska Correctional Colony No. 21
This is a medium-security institution for the confinement of men serving a second or subsequent sentence. According to the administration, Colony No. 21 is one of the largest and oldest in Ukraine.
Report on the results of a monitoring visit to the State Institution ‘Priazovska Correctional Colony No. 107’
Access for the monitors to the colony was granted in record time. Colony No. 107, a minimum-security facility, houses women aged between 18 and 74. The institution is designed to accommodate 600 persons, but is currently at ten per cent capacity.
Report on the results of a monitoring visit to the Mariupol Pre-trial Detention Centre
The main activity of this institution is the detention of suspects and defendants in the pre-trial detention centre and the provision of transit to other regions.
Report on the results of a monitoring visit to Temnivska Penal Colony No. 100
This is a medium-security penal institution. Today, 960 convicts are serving their sentences in the institution. In the maximum-security sector, there are 60 convicts serving life imprisonment.
By Violating the Convention on Human Rights, Ukraine Has Destroyed a Family
Prison officials and judges in Ukraine do not know how – and do not wish – to apply international conventions. The European Court of Human Rights has found Ukraine in violation of human rights.
Report on the results of a monitoring visit to the State Institution ‘Kholodnohirska Correctional Colony (No. 18)’
On 02 April 2019, the monitoring group of the NGO ‘KHPG’ visited the State Institution ‘Kholodnohirska Correctional Colony (No. 18)’ (hereinafter HKK (No. 18)). At present, HKK (No. 18) is a medium-security penal institution (for holding men first sentenced to imprisonment for a fixed term), with a planned capacity of 1062 persons. At the time of the visit, 468 persons were held in the institution. There are officially 5 religious denominations in the institution
Report on the results of a monitoring visit to the Toretska Correctional Colony No. 2
The visit was preceded by complaints from prisoners about inadequate living conditions, in particular the temperature regime and humidity in the premises.
Report on the findings of a monitoring visit to Igren Penal Centre No. 133
The arrival of the monitors was met with bias by the administration; attempts were made to obstruct their work, and the administration refused to complete the consolidated statistical data table for the facility.