8 May – Day of the Operational Worker of the Penal Enforcement System of Russia

The official day of the creation of the operational units of the Penal Enforcement System (UIS) is considered to be 8 May 1935

About 4,000 people died in prisons over the year

According to the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia, 3,907 people died in correctional institutions in 2012.

Problems of those being released

Roundtable ‘Problems of social adaptation of persons who have served criminal sentences’. Press release

The Presumption of Guilt from the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine: A Step into the Past for Pre-trial Detention Centres

New rules for detention in pre-trial detention centres are crueller than the previous ones

The ‘Disorder’ of Prison Visits by Journalists

Requirements by prison administrations for journalists to obtain permission to visit their institutions are often unlawful

Sad statistics of the police and the penitentiary service

Every year, 19 police officers commit suicide

The penal enforcement system of Ukraine in 2012. PRESS RELEASE

The main results of the activities of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine in 2012 are presented

Behind bars – and never returned

The number of suicides in penitentiary service institutions is rising rapidly

Prison-Style Noodles

‘Legality’ as Practised by the Penitentiary Service

Training on ‘The Right to Information’ for convicts

On 22 January 2013, a training session with convicted women was held in the Chernihiv Correctional Colony. Press release

A convict hanged himself in a colony in the Kharkiv region

On Sunday, 27 January, around 7:00, the body of a 37-year-old convict was found in Oleksiyivska Correctional Colony No. 25 (Kharkiv region)

Let Us Protect the Budget of Ukraine!

How “Donetsk Memorial” Struggles with the Ministry of Justice over Filling Ukraine’s State Budget