Donetsk Memorial • Kharkiv Human Rights Group
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What awaits the colonies in the ATO zone?

The number of convicts in Ukraine reached 67,000, and the number of prisoners per 100,000 population is 197.

The number of prisoners in Ukraine continues to decline

The decline in the number of persons in places of detention in Ukraine continues

Prisoners in Crimea

More than three thousand people are in prison in Crimea

Amnesty 2014: results

More than 16,600 convicts were released as a result of the amnesty.

New records for the decline in the number of prisoners in Ukraine

The number of prisoners per 100,000 population for Ukraine was 217 in September, whereas at the beginning of the year it was 279.

The Prison System of Ukraine: Results of the First Half-Year

The number of persons in custody in Ukraine continues to decline steadily

Life-sentenced prisoners allowed long-term visits

Impressions of a woman who visited her brother during a long-term visit

Reform of Penitentiary Healthcare

An analysis of the state policy concept regarding the reform of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine shows that there is no clear understanding at the political level that healthcare in correctional facilities is an integral part of public healthcare. The absence of a deep analysis of the problems existing in Ukraine’s penitentiary healthcare sector for 20 years has not allowed for the initiation of any concrete measures to rectify the situation in the field of prisoner healthcare.

Amendments to the Criminal-Executive Code of Ukraine

This review describes some of the innovations introduced to the Criminal-Executive Code of Ukraine on 8 April 2014.

25,000 people amnestied on the 20th anniversary of the Constitution of the Russian Federation

The amnesty resolution was adopted by the State Duma in December 2013 to mark the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Russian Federation

How They Voted in Places of Detention in the Chernihiv Region

During the monitoring of elections in places of detention, no gross violations that could have affected the voting process or the results of the citizens’ expression of will were detected.

Number of prisoners continues to fall

In April, the number of prisoners in Ukraine fell by 4,710