Prisoners of Omsk colony IK-2 from Ingushetia and Chechnya call for protection from torture and abuse

Relatives of prisoners from Ingushetia and Chechnya held in the Omsk colony “IK-2” have appealed to the Ingushetia.Org news agency for help.

US proposes to revoke visas of 60 Russian officials due to the Magnitsky case

American Senator Benjamin Cardin has proposed a ban on US visas for 60 leading Russian officials who, in his opinion, are responsible for the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in a pre-trial detention center.

The Department's Directorate has lost in court again

The Donetsk District Administrative Court has ruled that the failure of the Head of the Directorate of the State Department for the Execution of Punishments in Cherkasy Region to provide information requested by the head of ‘Donetsk Memorial’ was unlawful. The text of the court ruling, the statement of claim, the information request, and the follow-up request are provided below.

“Prison Portal” congratulates all department staff!

12 years ago, the Presidential Decree of Ukraine on the creation of the Department for the Execution of Sentences was issued. We are posting this Decree and congratulate all department staff on this date

Department for the Execution of Sentences once again left without attention

Anti-corruption initiatives of the new government bypass the sphere of the execution of sentences in Ukraine

Russia’s penal labour traditions

If a prisoner writes complaints or attempts to appeal against decisions in court, they are told: 'If you don’t stop, we will send you to such-and-such a colony, and you understand yourself what will happen to you there.' And the prisoner knows perfectly well that they can be beaten, raped, humiliated, or even killed in a torture zone. Such a reputation does not exist without reason.

All-Ukrainian campaign against torture begins

Initiators of the campaign intend to organize an indefinite picket near the building of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine with the aim of drawing public attention to the problem of torture

Morbidity and Mortality in Departmental Institutions in 2003-2009

Dynamics of the number of persons held in the department’s institutions, 1999–2009

Execution of sentences not involving imprisonment as of 1 January 2010

Data on the reasons for the release of persons from pre-trial detention centres (SIZO) during 2002–2009.

Occupancy of pre-trial detention centres (SIZO) and the detention of specific categories of persons as of 01.01.2010