Monitoring visit to Zhovti Vody Penal Colony No. 26
On 23 March 2019, the HPG monitoring group once again visited the Zhovti Vody Penal Colony No. 26. This time, the monitors visited premises of the institution that had not been inspected during the previous visit and spoke with the inmates.THE PENITENTIARY SYSTEM OF UKRAINE IN 2018. A Statistical Review (Updated)
As of 1 January 2019, there were 55,078 persons held in places of deprivation of liberty in Ukraine; over the year, the number of prisoners decreased by 2,022. The prisoner rate per 100,000 of the population stands at 131. During 2018, 484 persons died in correctional institutions, and there were 47 cases of suicide.
Report on the findings of a monitoring visit to State Institution “Dikaniivska Penal Colony (No. 12)”
This is a medium-security correctional facility (for holding men convicted for the first time for a fixed term of imprisonment), with a planned capacity of 1,482 persons.The Criminal-Executive System of Ukraine in 2018. Statistical Overview
The number of prisoners in Ukraine decreased in 2018 by 2,022 persons, the number of convicted teenagers by 20, and 17 penal institutions are empty.
Unannounced monitoring visit to “Pokrovskyi Penal Centre No. 79”
Women sentenced to restriction of liberty and imprisonment are held in this institution.
Unannounced monitoring visit to Kryvyi Rih Correctional Colony No. 80
This institution specialises in the detention of men sentenced to imprisonment for the first time.The Criminal-Executive System of Ukraine in December 2018. Statistical Overview
© “Donetsk Memorial” The number of prisoners in the institutions of the criminal-executive system in Ukraine continues to decrease. However, the Ministry of Justice does not yet know how to properly count the number of institutions.How Many Prisoners Are There in Ukraine
What obstacles must be overcome to obtain information from the Ministry of Justice.CRIMINOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PARDONED INDIVIDUALS
The article contains the results of a study on the criminological characteristics of individuals pardoned in 2009. In total, the case files of 290 persons were examined – representing 50.1% of all those pardoned in 2009. The subject of the study included key criminological indicators of the pardoned individuals, such as the crimes they committed, character references and recommendations provided by the administrations of correctional institutions, as well as age, gender, marital status, education level, pre-conviction employment status, and other factors.
Report on the results of the monitoring visit to the State Institution “Pervomaisk Correctional Colony (No. 117)”
On 23 November 2018, a monitoring group of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, consisting of Volodymyr Hlushchenko, Hanna Ovdiienko, and Olena Richko, visited Pervomaisk Correctional Colony No. 117.
Monitoring visit to Sofiivska Correctional Colony No. 45
This is a medium-security institution for the detention of men sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment who have been recognised as persons with category 1 or 2 disabilities and require constant medical supervision and rehabilitation.