Penitentiary Reform Ended Before It Really Began

The implementation of the State Targeted Programme for the Reform of the State Criminal-Executive Service for 2013–2017 has been suspended

Number of prisoners in Ukraine on the decline

In January 2014, the rate of decline in the number of prisoners was maintained, falling to just 276 per 100,000 of the population

Record Decrease in the Number of Prisoners in Ukraine

The year 2013 was marked by an unprecedented decrease in the number of persons in the country's penitentiary institutions

On the Latest Visit of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture to Ukraine

The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture has again confirmed that in penitentiary institutions, human rights are an empty phrase. But this time, they also attempted to fraudulently deceive the Committee.

Have the scare tactics of death penalty supporters come true?

Number of intentional homicides halved in 10 years

Model Alekseevka Penal Colony No. 25: Torture, Abuse, Fabrication of Criminal Cases…

One cannot speak of humanising the penal system or matching the level of prisoner detention to minimum standards as long as torture, ill-treatment, and violations of the honour and dignity of convicts continue in the department’s institutions—that is, what is occurring at Alekseevka Colony No. 25.

Model Alekseevka Penal Colony No. 25: Torture, Abuse, Fabrication of Criminal Cases…

One cannot speak of humanising the penal system or matching the level of prisoner detention to minimum standards as long as torture, ill-treatment, and violations of the honour and dignity of convicts continue in the department’s institutions—that is, what is occurring at Alekseevka Colony No. 25.

Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee visited Ukraine

Strasbourg, 24 October 2013 – A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a periodic visit to Ukraine (from 9 to 21 October 2013)

An Unprecedented Disgrace for the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine at the International Level

I would like to warn everyone against using the State Penitentiary Service’s unofficial translation of the CPT Report due to its inadequacy to the original. Moreover, it is so poor that it causes concern regarding the future fate of the CPT’s recommendations.

Number of prisoners in Ukraine steadily falling

The downward trend in the number of people in places of detention continues in Ukraine, with the prison population rate reaching 293 per 100,000 of the population

Europe urges Ukraine to combat ill-treatment of prisoners

Ukraine must step up its fight against the ill-treatment of prisoners. This is stated in a report by the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture, published on Thursday.

Held for years without trial in Odesa SIZO

Lawyers advise taking cases to international courts to seek compensation