Regulatory documents of the penal system require improvement

Discussion of proposals for amendments to the regulatory documents of the Department for the Execution of Sentences took place during a ‘round table’ on the topic ‘Regulatory framework of the department: possibilities for change’ in Kharkiv on 2 December.

Documentary human rights film festival in colonies.

From 24 to 29 November, the Days of Human Rights Documentary Cinema took place in Donetsk, held as part of the Traveling International Film Festival Docudays. The initiators of the film festival in Donetsk were the human rights organisation “Donetsk Memorial” and the Donetsk branch of the Committee of Voters of Ukraine

With a Criminal Past Into Public Life

Will the activities of the Public Monitoring Commission be directed towards protecting the interests of the detained, or towards promoting the interests of criminal structures in correctional institutions?

Why Do Russian Convicts Fear Freedom?

The Russian prison system tears a person away from society not just for the duration of their sentence, but altogether

Public control in Russia

The Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation has begun the destruction of the system of public control over places of compulsory detention

The Cabinet of Ministers has improved the mechanism for public control over the observance of the rights of convicts

The Cabinet of Ministers has brought its own resolution of 1 April 2004, on the approval of the regulation on supervisory commissions, into compliance with the requirements of current legislation.

In the Berezhany educational colony, they will wear branded clothing from Holland

Nearly 200 wards of the Berezhany educational colony received clothing, footwear, and hygiene products

Two prisoners have died in a correctional colony in the Rivne region

In the Rivne region, two prisoners died in the Katerynivka correctional colony—one from a heart attack, and the other committed suicide.

Lawlessness in Lviv Detention Centre: A Lieutenant Colonel Beat Me Against the Wall

For abuse of authority, exceeding official powers, forgery and negligence, 51-year-old former head of Lviv detention centre No. 19, Vasily Romanishin, was sentenced to three and a half years imprisonment with a one-year suspension of execution

Tatarstan. The Public Monitoring Commission may become controlled by the republic’s Ministry of Internal Affairs

Re-elections for members of Public Monitoring Commissions are underway in Russia. The Kazan Human Rights Centre expresses concern over the formation of the new composition of the ONK for monitoring the assurance of human rights in places of compulsory detention

‘Halfway House’ – a step towards a new life

The social rehabilitation centre ‘Halfway House’ is intended for women who are being released from places of detention or are serving sentences not involving imprisonment, who have nowhere to live. They will stay in the ‘Halfway House’ for up to six months.

CSSFCY of the Donetsk region in 2010

The Public Council under the department administration in the Donetsk region considered the issue of the work of the CSSFCY with institutions of the region