Quashing of the resolution on the refusal to initiate a criminal case regarding the mass beating at Izyaslav Penal Colony No. 31

The court has once again indicated the necessity of a full and thorough investigation into the circumstances of the mass beating of prisoners in January 2007 by rapid response groups from several penal colonies during a "search" at Izyaslav Penal Colony No. 31. We remind you that the complaints of 18 prisoners to the European Court regarding the beatings have been submitted to the government of Ukraine for communication.

Public denial of access to the colony confirms facts of torture—human rights defender

A representative of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group was not allowed onto the territory of the Dnipropetrovsk Penal Colony No. 89, where, according to human rights defenders, an incident involving the mass beating of prisoners occurred.

The Prosecution Service states that the special forces acted lawfully in the Dnipropetrovsk penal colony

The Prosecution Service assesses the actions of the special unit officers in the Dnipropetrovsk correctional colony as lawful.

The chief of the correctional department in the Dnipropetrovsk region has been dismissed for the beating of prisoners

The head of the management department for the execution of sentences in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Anatoliy Babets, has been dismissed.

The Prosecution Service states that the special forces acted lawfully in the Dnipropetrovsk penal colony

The Prosecution Service assesses the actions of the special unit officers in the Dnipropetrovsk correctional colony as lawful.

How to make money from a tender at the Department of Ukraine for the Execution of Sentences

A new way of combining the useful with the pleasant can be seen from the results of the procurement of anti-tuberculosis drugs by the Department of Ukraine for the Execution of Sentences in 2011

Concept of the draft Federal Law ‘On Public (Civil) Control in the Russian Federation’

The text presents the Concept, theoretical, practical, and legal prerequisites for the adoption of the law.

An unsuccessful escape attempt and its consequences

Several life-sentenced prisoners attempted an escape but were detained and allegedly severely beaten. And perhaps not only them.

Continuing the topic of the mass beating of prisoners in Colony 89

New details about the events

State Penitentiary Service special unit fighters are again maiming prisoners en masse

As has become known from unverified, but various sources, yesterday, 5 July 2011, in the afternoon, fighters of a special unit of the State Penitentiary Service committed another mass beating of convicts, this time at the 89th colony in the city of Dnipropetrovsk

The Rada has adopted the Law on Amnesty: 10,000 prisoners will be released

The Verkhovna Rada has adopted the Law of Ukraine “On Amnesty” in its entirety. 294 people's deputies out of 394 registered in the session hall voted in favour of adopting the corresponding decision.

Prisoners: an intoxicated SIZO head beat his wards and falsified documents

According to information from the mother of one of the prisoners held in the Odesa pre-trial detention centre, on 10 June, the head of the Odesa SIZO personally beat his wards while in a state of alcoholic intoxication